Original scientific paper

The Bioethical Complexity of the Issues of Surrogate Motherhood

Mirjana Radan orcid.org/0000-0002-6936-9450 ; Faculty of Philosophy of the Society of Jesus in Zagreb, University of Zagreb – Croatian Studies, Zagreb, Croatia
Suzana Vuletić orcid.org/0000-0002-5629-6635 ; Catholic Faculty of Theology in Đakovo, J. J. Strossmayer University of Osijek, Đakovo, Croatia
Željko Rakošec orcid.org/0000-0003-1346-6507 ; Catholic Faculty of Theology in Đakovo, J. J. Strossmayer University of Osijek, Đakovo, Croatia
Žarko Šperanda orcid.org/0000-0002-1250-1676 ; Health Center Slavonski Brod, Slavonski Brod, Croatia,

Abstract

Surrogate motherhood as the most complex method of medically assisted reproduction and the last tool in the fight against infertility, stirs great debates around the world, knocking also on the doors of our own legislation, medicine and judiciary, which is the main reason for a comprehensive analysis of this phenomenon from a bioethical point of view in order to show the complex moral consequences that follow surrogate motherhood in the complex relationships (of the surrogate mother, spouses, the client couple, the child).

Keywords

surrogate motherhood; »client couple«; assisted reproduction; contractual obligation; legal adoption; bioethical judgment

Hrčak ID:

137798

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/137798

Publication date:

16.4.2015.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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