Reason for surrogacy arrangement
19 Reason for surrogacy arrangement
The reason for the intended parent or intended parents entering into the surrogacy must be one of the following:
the intended parent or intended parents are unlikely for any medical reason to become pregnant, be able to carry a pregnancy or give birth;
it is unlikely because of other circumstances that the intended parent or intended parents would become pregnant, be able to carry a pregnancy or give birth (whether because of gender identity, sexuality or any other reason).
Examples for paragraph (a)
1 A risk of transmission of a serious genetic defect, serious disease or serious illness to a child born to an intended parent.
2 A risk that a woman, who is an intended parent, is unlikely to survive childbirth or will suffer significant harm from childbirth.
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