The Bioethical Complexity of the Issues of Surrogate Motherhood

Abstract

Surrogate motherhood as the most complex method of medically assisted reproduction and the last tool in the fight against infertility, stirs great debates around the world, knocking also on the doors of our own legislation, medicine and judiciary, which is the main reason for a comprehensive analysis of this phenomenon from a bioethical point of view in order to show the complex moral consequences that follow surrogate motherhood in the complex relationships (of the surrogate mother, spouses, the client couple, the child).

Keywords

• surrogate motherhood
• »client couple«
• assisted reproduction
• contractual obligation
• legal adoption
• bioethical judgment