Sentence examples for surrogacy arrangements from inspiring English sources

Some legal and medical experts say surrogacy arrangements exploit vulnerable women and treat babies as commodities.

Some jurisdictions recognise overseas commercial surrogacy arrangements, but Queensland, NSW and the ACT don't.

Children born through surrogacy arrangements are far from commodities or accessories.

Generally, there are two types of surrogacy arrangements: traditional surrogacy and gestational surrogacy.

One exception: passage of a bill making it easier for gay couples to have children through surrogacy arrangements.

But the medical director of IVF Australia, Dr Peter Illingworth, said overseas surrogacy arrangements were complex and fraught with risk.

In France, any surrogacy arrangement, whether commercial or altruistic, is considered illegal.

In stark contrast with adoption, which requires the thorough – often painfully slow – vetting of parents, anyone can enter into a surrogacy arrangement abroad.

Elton John and David Furnish's announcement of the birth of their son through a Californian surrogacy arrangement follows hot on the heels of a high court decision allowing payments for foreign surrogacy just a few weeks ago.

But women prepared to carry a pregnancy for another couple, probably strangers, are few and far between, and would-be parents face the daunting fact that the surrogacy arrangement is not enforceable in court.

The existing rules say foreign couples seeking to enter into a surrogacy arrangement in India must be a "man and woman [who] are duly married and the marriage should be sustained at least two years".