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Still Hazy After All These Years: The Law Regulating Surrogacy

Horsey, Kirsty, Sheldon, Sally (2012) Still Hazy After All These Years: The Law Regulating Surrogacy. Medical Law Review, 20 (1). pp. 67-89. ISSN 0967-0742. (doi:10.1093/medlaw/fwr039) (KAR id:28991)

Abstract

In 1997, Margaret Brazier was asked by the then Government to chair a review of the laws regulating surrogacy. The subsequent Brazier Report made a number of recommendations, including the need for greater regulation and the tightening of ‘expenses’ payments. Fifteen years on, the limitations in the legal regulation of surrogacy have become increasingly clear. Yet, none of Brazier's recommendations have been adopted, despite the clear opportunity for revisiting the regulation of surrogacy offered during the passage of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act (2008). In this paper, we revisit the Brazier Report in the light of subsequent developments and assess to what extent its key findings remain salient. Brazier's recommendations will thus provide a jumping off point for a critical analysis of the current state of the law regarding surrogacy.

Item Type: Article
DOI/Identification number: 10.1093/medlaw/fwr039
Uncontrolled keywords: surrogacy, Brazier review, assisted reproduction
Subjects: K Law
Divisions: Divisions > Division for the Study of Law, Society and Social Justice > Kent Law School
Depositing User: Jenny Harmer
Date Deposited: 05 Mar 2012 12:57 UTC
Last Modified: 16 Nov 2021 10:07 UTC
Resource URI: https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/28991 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes)

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