TY - BOOK
T1 - Reproductive Health Care and Policy Concerns: Regulation of Surrogacy Arrangements in Sri Lanka and Lessons Learned from the United Kingdom
T2 - PART 2: SURROGACY IN SRI LANKA – COUNTRY REPORT
AU - Trimmings, Professor Katarina
AU - Nazeemudeen, Ziyana
AU - Sumanadasa, Darshana
AU - Wijayesekera, Rose
PY - 2021
Y1 - 2021
N2 - Following medical innovations, Sri Lanka, in general, recognises the rights of infertile married couples to have children through assisted reproductive technologies (ART). However, firstly, there is no proper law governing such practices, but it is regulated by the Sri Lanka Medical Council through a provisional code of practice on ART. Secondly, neither the law nor medical practice explicitly recognises surrogacy as a strategy for a couple to have a baby. Despite the non-recognition of surrogacy as a legal practice in Sri Lanka, the literature reveals that Sri Lanka has become a hub of surrogacy and even a destination for surrogacy-led migration. There are even online platforms available to facilitate a meeting of intended parents and potential surrogate mothers. Therefore, there is a clear gap between the law and surrogacy practice – an area unexplored in Sri Lanka. This research examines Sri Lankan laws such as criminal law, contract law and family law to find out whether these laws implicitly recognise or facilitate the practice of surrogacy and surrogacy arrangements.
AB - Following medical innovations, Sri Lanka, in general, recognises the rights of infertile married couples to have children through assisted reproductive technologies (ART). However, firstly, there is no proper law governing such practices, but it is regulated by the Sri Lanka Medical Council through a provisional code of practice on ART. Secondly, neither the law nor medical practice explicitly recognises surrogacy as a strategy for a couple to have a baby. Despite the non-recognition of surrogacy as a legal practice in Sri Lanka, the literature reveals that Sri Lanka has become a hub of surrogacy and even a destination for surrogacy-led migration. There are even online platforms available to facilitate a meeting of intended parents and potential surrogate mothers. Therefore, there is a clear gap between the law and surrogacy practice – an area unexplored in Sri Lanka. This research examines Sri Lankan laws such as criminal law, contract law and family law to find out whether these laws implicitly recognise or facilitate the practice of surrogacy and surrogacy arrangements.
M3 - Other report
BT - Reproductive Health Care and Policy Concerns: Regulation of Surrogacy Arrangements in Sri Lanka and Lessons Learned from the United Kingdom
PB - University of Aberdeen
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