Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 27 February 2019
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health
General Scheme of Assisted Human Reproduction Bill 2017: Discussion (Resumed)
Dr. Lydia Bracken:
As far as I am aware, both those jurisdictions have systems in place which only allow altruistic surrogacy to begin with. There are also provisions on counselling and independent legal advice for surrogates. We could draw on those other jurisdictions to find a model of best practice to ensure that coercion does not occur.