Surrogacy

A special joint Oireachtas committee will be established to consider and make recommendations on assisted human reproduction and international surrogacy under government plans. Pressed on the issue in the Dáil yesterday, Tánaiste Leo Varadkar said he acknowledged that legislation on th

New legislation is required to protect the rights of children in cases of donor-assisted human reproduction (DAHR) and surrogacy, a new report has recommended. The government has published a review by Professor Conor O'Mahony, special rapporteur on child protection, of children's rights and best int

Ireland's special rapporteur on child protection has been asked to review issues relating to surrogacy and LGBT+ people. Dr Conor O'Mahony, the child law expert appointed to the post last summer, will present his recommendations to Health Minister Simon Harris.

Over 40 members of the legal profession and community/voluntary representatives were welcomed to Law Society House for an event on surrogacy law reforms. The Law Commission of England and Wales is currently considering the legal parentage of children born via surrogacy, the regulation of surrogacy m

The laws around surrogacy in Britain are outdated and should be improved to better support the child, surrogates and intended parents, the Law Commission of England and Wales and the Scottish Law Commission have announced. Surrogacy is where a woman bears a child on behalf of someone else or a coupl