Calls for improved rights for LGBT families using surrogacy to be examined
by Paul Cullen, Irish Times:
The Government has tasked its special rapporteur on child protection to examine calls for improved parental rights for LGBT families using surrogacy and other forms of assisted human reproduction.
UCC law lecturer Conor O’Mahony has been asked to review issues relating to the parentage of children born to LGBT families using donor-assisted technologies and the legal position of their parents.
Minister for Health Simon Harris has signalled his willingness to amend forthcoming legislation on assisted human reproduction, based on Dr O’Mahony’s recommendations.
Many same-sex parents will soon be able to register both of their names on their child’s birth certificate, but the change does not cover same-sex couples using surrogacy and some other arrangements to have children.
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