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SURROGACY ACT 2010 - SECT 14

Meaning of medical or social need for a surrogacy arrangement and eligible woman

14 Meaning of medical or social need for a surrogacy arrangement and eligible woman

(1) For an application for a parentage order—
(a) if there is 1 intended parent under the surrogacy arrangement—there is a medical or social need for the surrogacy arrangement if the intended parent is a man or an eligible woman; or
(b) if there are 2 intended parents under the surrogacy arrangement—there is a medical or social need for the surrogacy arrangement if the intended parents are—
(i) a man and an eligible woman; or
(ii) 2 men; or
(iii) 2 eligible women.
(2) An
"eligible woman" is a woman who—
(a) is unable to conceive; or
(b) if able to conceive—
(i) is likely to be unable, on medical grounds, either to carry a pregnancy or to give birth; or
(ii) either—
(A) is unlikely to survive a pregnancy or birth; or
(B) is likely to have her health significantly affected by a pregnancy or birth; or
(iii) is likely to conceive—
(A) a child affected by a genetic condition or disorder, the cause of which is attributable to the woman; or
(B) a child who is unlikely to survive a pregnancy or birth; or
(C) a child whose health is likely to be significantly affected by a pregnancy or birth.



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