traditional surrogacy [ partial surrogacy | genetic surrogacy ]

genetic surrogacy

gestational surrogacy [ IVF surrogacy | full surrogacy | complete surrogacy ]

gestational surrogacy | surrogacy | surrogate motherhood | maternal surrogacy

Surrogacy and embryo donation, whether altruistic or commercial, violate a child's fundamental human rights because they involve the deliberate conception of a child with the intention that he will be separated from the woman who gave birth to him in the case of surrogacy or from his genetic parents and siblings in the case of embryo donation.

The evidence we had on surrogacy from pediatric psychiatrists and experienced social workers was that when sisters and sisters-in-law are the only people who could gestate a child—and this needn't be with any advanced technology; it needn't be so-called “full surrogacy”, with in vitro fertilization, so that the surrogate mother is not the genetic mother—the experience of their doing so goes back far before advanced technologies using artificial insemination and involves nothing more sophisticated than a turkey baster.

Request for a preliminary ruling — Equality Tribunal (Ireland) — Interpretation of Articles 4 and 14 of Directive 2006/54/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 July 2006 on the implementation of the principle of equal opportunities and equal treatment of men and women in matters of employment and occupation (OJ 2006 L 204, p. 23) — Interpretation of Articles 3(1) and 5 of Council Directive 2000/78/EC of 27 November 2000 establishing a general framework for equal treatment in employment and occupation (OJ 2000 L 303, p. 16) — Biological mother having recourse to surrogacy — Person suffering from a physical disability which prevents her from giving birth — Right to maternity ...[+++] leave.

20. Asks Member States to acknowledge the serious problem of surrogacy which constitutes an exploitation of the female body and her reproductive organs;