Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 26 May 2022

Joint Oireachtas Committee on International Surrogacy

Potential Double Standards in Protections for Surrogate Mothers in Domestic Arrangements: Discussion

Photo of Lynn RuaneLynn Ruane (Independent) | Oireachtas source

I have only a couple of seconds left. I know this is a bit of a stretch, but I am trying to look at the language we use. Say we were to force a situation whereby non-commercial surrogacy was not allowed or deemed unethical or illegal. Could we say the inverse would also be true, that is, that to enforce altruism on somebody in a difficult situation can also be exploitative? That way, the two positions negate each other at the end of the day if we are to balance them out.

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