Surrogacy: Human rights implications
- Administrative Development: A Journal of HIPA, Shimla
- 10(1), Jan-Jun, 2023: p.55-74
Surrogacy is the option for the couples who are hopeless and childless. It has provided new possibilities for many individuals and couples wishing to found a family. The various human rights implicated by surrogacy are reproductive own right freedom, bodily autonomy and the right to just including the right to an identity and the right to have their best interests promoted and the rights of individuals and couples to found families or complete a family tree. International law prohibits, such as the prohibition on forced labor and human trafficking etc. This holistic assessment of the rights involved in surrogacy ultimately reveals that human rights law can promote or protect the rights of all parties involved in surrogacy. The practice of surrogacy does not violate human rights, and can promote important rights of women to bodily autonomy, reproductive choice, and self-determination decisions they possess. However, there are various aspects of the practice of surrogacy that can, in certain contexts, impair the rights of surrogate women, children born through surrogacy, and intended parents. The surrogacy process to recognize that the way surrogacy is practiced varies greatly in different contexts, depending on the context, different human rights concerns may arise, and diverse policy approaches may be needed. – Reproduced
Surrogacy, Couples wishing to found a family, Reproductive freedom, Bodily autonomy, Right to identity, Best interests of children, Rights to found families, Forced labor prohibition, Human trafficking prohibition, Human rights promotion, Women's bodily autonomy, Reproductive choice, Self-determination, Surrogate women's rights, Children's rights in surrogacy, Contextual human rights concerns, Diverse policy approaches