SURROGACY – LEGAL AND BIOETHICAL ISSUES

Abstract

The article investigates the essence of the phenomenon of surrogacy (surrogate motherhood) from the standpoint of Bioethics and moral foundations of Law. Shows a selection of reference regulations of foreign Legislation. The authors present a Bioethical considerations of surrogacy and the most important issues related to the legal provision for surrogacy. Represented by the sample reference provisions of acts of a number of states (United States, Canada, Australia, United Kingdom, France, Russian Federation). The article suggests measures for improvement of the legislation of the Russian Federation in the context of restrictions to be imposed on the use of the surrogate motherhood technology.

Keywords

• medical law
• surrogacy (surrogate motherhood)
• mother rights
• women's rights
• children's rights
• health care
• right to health
• public health management
• comparative law
• medicine