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Some Examples GREAT BRITAIN (1)
Surrogacy is regulated and non‐remunerated. About 160 + (2015) children born per year, compared to 50‐100 per year in 2008/9/10.
There were 774,835 live births in the UK in 2016; the lowest rate since 748,563 live births in 2006 and down from a peak of 812,970 births in 2012. In other words, surrogacy translates into 0.14 – 0.28 % of all UK births.
Sources : http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201415/cmhansrd/cm141014/halltext/141014h0001.htm http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/vsob1/birth‐summary‐tables‐‐england‐and‐wales/2014/stb‐births‐in‐england‐and‐wales‐ 2014.html
GREAT BRITAIN (2)
New developments
* Allowing single persons access to
surrogacy.
* However, this throws into disarray the legal procedure of establishing filiation, i.e. applying for a parental order.
* Discussions underway.
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