THEY FACE HEALTH, OTHER RISKS: EXPERTS
THAI EXPERTS yesterday called for legislation that ensures protection of the rights of surrogate mothers and also covers the rights and duties of sperm/egg donors and newborns.
The calls were made during a National Human Rights Commis-sion (NHRC) public forum on the matter.
Suchada Thaweesit, a lecturer at Mahidol University's Institute for Population and Social Research, warned that amid high demand among couples with reproduction issues or homosexual couples wishing to create their own family, surrogate mothers' rights could be violated or neglected.
Such violations are of particular concern in regard to underground procedures, hence the law must based on the actual situation faced by surrogate mothers, she said.
She said these women, already exposed to health risks from pregnancy, should also be protected in both economic and cultural respects to ensure they are not taken advantage of in contracts.
"Technology-induced pregnancy including hormone injections could affect their body, hence surrogate mothers should be protected and not be subject to arrest and punishment," she added.
Rights protection and care should prenatal, during pregnancy and post-natal in case of complications, said the academic.
THEY FACE HEALTH, OTHER RISKS: EXPERTS
THAI EXPERTS yesterday called for legislation that ensures protection of the rights of surrogate mothers and also covers the rights and duties of sperm/egg donors and newborns.
The calls were made during a National Human Rights Commis-sion (NHRC) public forum on the matter.
Suchada Thaweesit, a lecturer at Mahidol University's Institute for Population and Social Research, warned that amid high demand among couples with reproduction issues or homosexual couples wishing to create their own family, surrogate mothers' rights could be violated or neglected.
Such violations are of particular concern in regard to underground procedures, hence the law must based on the actual situation faced by surrogate mothers, she said.
She said these women, already exposed to health risks from pregnancy, should also be protected in both economic and cultural respects to ensure they are not taken advantage of in contracts.
"Technology-induced pregnancy including hormone injections could affect their body, hence surrogate mothers should be protected and not be subject to arrest and punishment," she added.
Rights protection and care should prenatal, during pregnancy and post-natal in case of complications, said the academic.
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