Abstract
Legal and Ethical Challenges of Surrogacy Contracts Termination in Iranian Healthcare System
Highlights
Infertility treatment through surrogacy as a quite new method of assisted reproductive technology requires a contract and fulfillment of the basic terms of transaction just like any other juridical acts
The value and dignity of a woman should be maintained despite the manipulative nature of surrogacy practice
The absence of any written and consistent law code has resulted in myriad of challenges in juridical and ethical domains of contracts
Summary
Infertility treatment through surrogacy as a quite new method of assisted reproductive technology requires a contract and fulfillment of the basic terms of transaction just like any other juridical acts. In this regard, further ambiguity or challenge in the implementation phase of the contract will be prevented if the terms of contract establishment and termination are registered in a written form. The silence of the law has led to diverse procedures in infertility treatment through surrogacy in the different regions of Iran (1). The absence of strict letter of the law on surrogacy contracts has posed legal and ethical challenges to Iranian juridical and medical system. The purpose of the present study was to shed some lights on the challenges surrounding surrogacy contract termination
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