Dr. Lydia Bracken:

In the South African legislation there is a provision that allows for a gestational surrogate. In a situation where a woman provides her own eggs to enable the conception, she has the right to change her mind or to petition a court within 60 days of the birth of the child. In the current legislation we do not propose to allow for that type of surrogacy, where the surrogate is also the genetic mother. In the South African legislation, the woman can petition the court. Having that petition available but also having a timeline on it allows for the certainty I was talking about and ensures the intended parents are not worried that the application would be made further down the line. It also ensures the child is fully legally integrated into his or her family. That would be one example.