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Human Reproduction, Vol. 14, No. 2, 277-278, February 1999
© 1999 European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology

Opinions

Surrogacy – a case for normalization

Judy Callman

11 Constable Close, London NW11 6UA, UK

Social transformation together with the advance in medical science in the field of fertility treatment, has seen an ever-increasing demand for infertility services. Those involved recognize the speed with which developments and research are progressing – as the Chairman of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) stated in their recent Annual Report: `Times change, and the medical and ethical worlds move on. We recognize the need regularly to update our views and advice' (HFEA, 1997).

For those women who are medically unable to carry a pregnancy, there is the option of surrogacy. Surrogacy takes two forms: (i) full or host surrogacy where the embryo is the genetic material of the commissioning couple, and (ii) partial or straight surrogacy where the host is inseminated with the commissioning male's spermatozoa.

Surrogacy is a recognized and legal method of fertility treatment: see Section 1(A) of the Surrogacy Arrangement Act (1985) as amended . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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