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SURROGACY ACT 2010 - SECT 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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