Problems of Concluding Surrogacy Agreements: Practice of Ukraine and the EU

Problemas de la celebración de acuerdos de subrogación: práctica de Ucrania y la Unión europea

DOI: https://doi.org/10.46398/cuestpol.4073.03
Keywords: altruistic motherhood, bodily autonomy, gestational carrier, innovative technologies, reproductive medicine

Abstract

The aim of the article was to identify and analyses typical problems of concluding surrogacy agreements in the context of supranational challenges and pandemics. This aim was achieved with a view to the peculiarities of the legal status of surrogacy in leading European countries. Methods of observation, comparative legal analysis and legal simulation became the basic methodological tools. The study resulted in grouping of the European countries according to the state of surrogacy legalization, as well as outlining the leading problems of concluding and executing surrogacy agreements. It was stated that women in current realities are becoming commercial gestational carriers, and are not acting in the best interests of the child. The study proves a high degree of levelling of the terms of surrogacy agreements in Ukraine, which requires immediate legislator’s response. It is argued that the approach to altruistic surrogacy has the potential to eradicate commercial agreements in a cross-border context. Further author’s research will focus on establishing a unified and optimally effective international approach to solving problems of concluding surrogacy agreements.

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Author Biographies

Tetiana Y. Tarasevych, Vinnytsia Mykhailo Kotsiubynskyi State Pedagogical University, Vinnytsia, Ukraine.

Doctor of Law, Associate Professor of the Public Law Department, Vinnytsia Mykhailo Kotsiubynskyi State Pedagogical University, Vinnytsia, Ukraine.

Yaroslav Y. Melnyk, Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Kyiv, Ukraine.

Doctor of Law, Senior Researcher of the Institute of Law of Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Kyiv, Ukraine.

Mariіa B. Melnyk, Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Kyiv, Ukraine.

PhD in Law, Assistant of the Department of Labor Law and Social Security Law, Institute of Law of Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Kyiv, Ukraine.

Hanna L. Krushelnytska, National Academy of Internal Affairs, Kyiv, Ukraine.

PhD in Law, Senior Lecturer at the Department of Civil Law Disciplines, National Academy of Internal Affairs, Kyiv, Ukraine.

Halyna H. Hrytsenko, Yaroslav Mudryi National Law University, Kharkiv, Ukraine.

PhD in Law, Associate Professor at the Department of Civil, Commercial and Financial Law, Poltava Law Institute of Yaroslav Mudryi National Law University, Kharkiv, Ukraine.

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Published
2022-07-05
How to Cite
Tarasevych, T. Y., Melnyk, Y. Y., Melnyk, M. B., Krushelnytska, H. L., & Hrytsenko, H. H. (2022). Problems of Concluding Surrogacy Agreements: Practice of Ukraine and the EU: Problemas de la celebración de acuerdos de subrogación: práctica de Ucrania y la Unión europea. Political Questions, 40(73), 71-89. https://doi.org/10.46398/cuestpol.4073.03
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Vol. 40 No. 73 (2022): Cuestiones Políticas
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Derecho Público

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