ArticleJournal of bioethical inquiry2015
Rethinking "Commercial" Surrogacy in Australia.
Article in Journal of bioethical inquiry, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers.
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- Navigating Structural Tensions: Australian Surrogacy Facilitators' Understanding on Children's Rights in Cross-Border Surrogacy.Asian bioethics review · 2026Article
- New Frontiers in Reproductive Health: Australians' Support for Uterus Transplantation.The Australian & New Zealand journal of obstetrics & gynaecology · 2025Article
- FIGO position statement on surrogacy: Ethical considerations.International journal of gynaecology and obstetrics: the official organ of the International Federation of Gynaecology and Obstetrics · 2025Article
- [A singular relationship: the bonds between gestational carriers and intended parents in surrogacy between Ukraine and Argentina].Salud colectiva · 2025Article
- The advantages and disadvantages of altruistic and commercial surrogacy in India.Philosophy, ethics, and humanities in medicine : PEHM · 2023Article
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- Commercial Surrogacy: An Overview.Revista brasileira de ginecologia e obstetricia : revista da Federacao Brasileira das Sociedades de Ginecologia e Obstetricia · 2022Review
- Reframing the Australian Medico-Legal Model of Infertility.Journal of bioethical inquiry · 2021Article
- Surrogacy and "Procreative Tourism". What Does the Future Hold from the Ethical and Legal Perspectives?Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2021Review
- A review of surrogate motherhood regulation in south American countries: pointing to a need for an international legal framework.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2019Review
- The Role of professional facilitators in cross-border assisted reproduction.Reproductive biomedicine & society online · 2018Article
- Surrogacy, Compensation, and Legal Parentage: Against the Adoption Model.Journal of bioethical inquiry · 2015Article
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Abstract
This article proposes reconsideration of laws prohibiting paid surrogacy in Australia in light of increasing transnational commercial surrogacy. The social science evidence base concerning domestic surrogacy in developed economies demonstrates that payment alone cannot be used to differentiate "good" surrogacy arrangements from "bad" ones. Compensated domestic surrogacy and the introduction of professional intermediaries and mechanisms such as advertising are proposed as a feasible harm-minimisation approach. I contend that Australia can learn from commercial surrogacy practices elsewhere, without replicating them.
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