This article examines the content and scope of European Court Human Rights’s first advisory opinion as regards practice cross-border surrogacy in Europe. While concerns recognition legal parentage an intended mother, this considers whether reasoning could be applied to male couples who avail surrogacy. It is argued that non-genetically related father couple a directly comparable position mother...

s:1640:"Background: Surrogacy is one of the most controversial procedures in infertility treatment. Despite increasing of using this technology in Iran, there are few practical data about surrogacy. There isn't any study assessing experiences of commissioning mothers about surrogate mother selection. The purpose of this study was exploring of commissioning mothers' experiences in sele...

Right from its very origins the debate on surrogate motherhood has fed own complexity, rather than achieving sure, unambiguous propositions over goodness or inhumanity. This article offers a Simmelian interpretation of this modern form maternity. Through epistemology, author identifies key for overcoming some dilem-mas which have always accompanied otherwise surrogacy: whether it is alienation ...

PURPOSE The aim of this study was to investigate whether progression-free survival (PFS) can be considered a surrogate endpoint for overall survival (OS) in malignant mesothelioma. MATERIALS AND METHODS Individual data were collected from 15 Cancer and Leukemia Group B (615 patients) and 2 North Central Cancer Treatment Group (101 patients) phase II trials. The effects of 5 risk factors for O...

This meticulous inquiry undertakes a critical examination of the intricate confluence betwixt surrogacy and Islamic teachings, plumbing depths ethical legal dimensions that mold perspectives on this modern-day reproductive praxis. Drawing upon wellspring jurisprudence, tenets bioethics, tapestry woven by social cultural contexts, erudite study strives to cast illumination kaleidoscope viewpoint...

There are few studies on how social workers deal with cases regarding transnational surrogacy. Our study intends to contribute to filling this gap. In Sweden, surrogacy as an assisted reproductive technology method is not permitted. As a result, many prospective parents have turned abroad, mainly to India, for surrogacy. There are no laws regulating surrogacy in Sweden, and difficulties have ar...

BACKGROUND A trial-level surrogate end point for a randomized clinical trial may allow assessment of the relative benefits of the treatment to be performed at an earlier time point and potentially with a smaller sample size. However, determining whether an end point is a reliable trial-level surrogate based on results of previous trials is not straightforward. The question of trial-level surrog...

The perinatal outcome of pregnancies (both single and multiple) established after in-vitro fertilization (IVF)-surrogacy was evaluated and compared to the outcome of pregnancies that resulted from standard IVF. Analysis of medical records and a telephone interview with physicians, IVF-surrogates, and commissioning mothers were conducted to assess prenatal follow up and delivery care in several ...