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A Case for Permitting Altruistic Surrogacy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 March 2020

Brenda M. Baker
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Abstract

Canada's Royal Commission on New Reproductive Technologies rejects all forms of surrogacy arrangement under the rubric of objecting to commercial surrogacy. Noncommercial surrogacy arrangements, however, can be defended against the commission's objections. They can be viewed as cases of giving a benefit or service to another in a way that expresses benevolence, and establishes a relationship between surrogates and prospective ‘social’ parents that allows mutual understanding and reciprocal personal interaction between them.

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Hypatia , Volume 11 , Issue 2 , Spring 1996 , pp. 34 - 48
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Copyright © 1996 by Hypatia, Inc.

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