Download This PaperIntended Parents and the Legal Concerns in Surrogacy Practices
Rostrum Law Review (RLR), Vol. I, Issue III, 2014
6 Pages Posted: 13 May 2020
Date Written: 2014
Abstract
Traditionally, the concept of a family is that of a mother, father and one or more children. The natural expectation of majority of people is that they would marry and establish a family of their own. The desire to raise genetically related children is one of the most fundamental instincts of men and women. However, this aspiration gets frustrated as a number of individuals suffer from infertility and are unable to conceive their own offspring unaided. In modern times, the surrogacy practices are promoted as an alternate method of medical treatment for infertility. The recent developments in medical science and technology encourage the use of surrogacy for those who have fertility complications and for those who cannot conceive children of their own. In most of the surrogacy cases, it is seen that whenever a legal or medical issue arises, the major concern is focused on the surrogate mother and the child and the intended parents are not given much importance. However the intended parents are also equally important in a surrogacy arrangement and their rights and interests also need to be addressed. This paper discusses the various legal issues relating to intended parents.
Keywords: Surrogacy, Intended Parents
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