Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 7 April 2022

Joint Oireachtas Committee on International Surrogacy

Surrogacy in Ireland and in Irish and International Law: Discussion

Photo of Lynn RuaneLynn Ruane (Independent) | Oireachtas source

What I am wondering has less to do with the rights of the child and more to do with where bodily autonomy, reproductive decisions and the rights of women come into these conversations. If we consider the termination of pregnancy, if we are honest, we would have to say that economic considerations come into play when people decide whether to terminate a pregnancy, regardless of their socioeconomic background. I am curious about the inverse of that where someone chooses to carry a pregnancy and the commercial considerations involved. Do we all of a sudden suspend a woman's bodily right to choose and to decide her own reproductive rights? Do those aspects come into the conversation around surrogacy at all?

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