surrogacy contract

collocation in English

meaningsofsurrogacyandcontract

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surrogacy
noun[U]
uk
/ˈsʌr.ə.ɡə.si/us
/ˈsɝː.ə.ɡə.si/
the action of a woman having a baby for another woman who is unable to do ...
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contract
noun[C]
uk
/ˈkɒn.trækt/us
/ˈkɑːn.trækt/
a legal document that states and explains a formal agreement between two different people or groups, or the ...
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(Definition ofsurrogacyandcontractfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofsurrogacy contract

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It is generally believed that the courts will not enforce a commercialsurrogacycontractand will not enforce many features of non-commercial arrangements.
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However, conflicts over surrogacy contracts, and even over traditional adoptions, have demonstrated the limits of contracts in predicting the parties' emotional responses to the resulting child.
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Making surrogacy contracts unlawful has the effect of making any payments which may have been made irrevocable.
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Legislation would also cover the legal status of children born as a result of these techniques and, for example, make surrogacy contracts unenforceable in the courts.
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That is why we have already moved to ban commercial third-party surrogacy, and that is why we propose that surrogacy contracts of all kinds should be made non-enforceable.
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Surrogacy contracts focus on the rental of an unused womb, with the belief that the fetus is the property of another.
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He voted for surrogacy contracts for couples designating another woman to bear their child, a measure approved by the legislature.
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Some states facilitate surrogacy and surrogacy contracts, others simply refuse to enforce them, and some penalize commercial surrogacy.
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Altruistic surrogacy contracts are not penalized, but neither are they enforced.
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