Horsey Kirsty, Sheldon Sally
Kent Law School.
Med Law Rev. 2012 Winter;20(1):67-89. doi: 10.1093/medlaw/fwr039. Epub 2012 Feb 8.
In 1997, Margaret Brazier was asked by the then Government to chair a review of the laws regulating surrogacy. The subsequent Brazier Report made a number of recommendations, including the need for greater regulation and the tightening of 'expenses' payments. Fifteen years on, the limitations in the legal regulation of surrogacy have become increasingly clear. Yet, none of Brazier's recommendations have been adopted, despite the clear opportunity for revisiting the regulation of surrogacy offered during the passage of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act (2008). In this paper, we revisit the Brazier Report in the light of subsequent developments and assess to what extent its key findings remain salient. Brazier's recommendations will thus provide a jumping off point for a critical analysis of the current state of the law regarding surrogacy.
1997年，时任政府邀请玛格丽特·布雷齐尔主持一项关于代孕监管法律的审查。随后的《布雷齐尔报告》提出了多项建议，包括加强监管以及收紧“费用”支付。十五年过去了，代孕法律监管的局限性日益明显。然而，尽管在《人类受精与胚胎学法》（2008年）通过期间有明显机会重新审视代孕监管，但布雷齐尔的建议无一被采纳。在本文中，我们根据后续发展重新审视《布雷齐尔报告》，并评估其主要调查结果在多大程度上仍然显著。因此，布雷齐尔的建议将为批判性分析当前代孕法律状况提供一个起点。
