Overseas children: challenges in international surrogacy arrangements

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1.	Title	Title of document	Overseas children: challenges in international surrogacy arrangements

2.	Creator	Author's name, affiliation, country	Rakhi Ghoshal; Spandan Apartments, Kalikapur, Kolkata 700 078, West Bengal,; IN

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4.	Description	Abstract	A couple from the UK travelled to Ukraine in search of a surrogate mother. According to the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA)(UK), a birth mother is the legal parent of the child, irrespective of citizenship, and so in this case, it considered the Ukrainian surrogate the legal mother. However, Ukraine law ruled that the surrogate could not be the legal parent, leading to an impasse that left the child without a country and a parent. The UK courts eventually ruled in favour of the commissioning couple, but the absence of international guidelines on surrogacy contracts continues to throw up challenges that violate the human rights of one or all parties involved.

5.	Publisher	Organizing agency, location	Forum for Medical Ethics Society

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7.	Date	(YYYY-MM-DD)	2016-11-30

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9.	Format	File format	HTML , PDF

10.	Identifier	Uniform Resource Identifier	https://www.issuesinmedicalethics.org/articles/overseas-children-challenges-in-international-surrogacy-arrangements/

11.	Source	Title; vol., no. (year)	Indian Journal of Medical Ethics;: Of beginnings, middles and endings

12.	Language	English=en	en

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