Purshouse Craig, Bracegirdle Kate
School of Law and Social Justice, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK.
previously School of Law, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK.
Med Law Rev. 2018 Nov 1;26(4):557-584. doi: 10.1093/medlaw/fwy001.
The fact that surrogacy contracts are unenforceable can cause problems if a surrogate decides that she wishes to keep the child. When this happens, the intended parents cannot bring a claim in contract compelling her to give the baby up to them or even for the return of money paid to the surrogate. Intuitively, it appears unfair that the surrogate can keep the child and the money while the intended parents are left with nothing. However, enforcing such contracts could be oppressive to the surrogate and detrimental to the child's welfare. In this article, we consider whether the law unjust enrichment will allow for the return of money paid under such contracts. We argue that this branch of the law can provide a solution to the problem of unenforceable surrogacy contracts that strikes a fair balance between the interests of the surrogate and intended parents while also placing the child's lifelong welfare paramount.
如果代孕母亲决定想要留下孩子，代孕合同无法执行这一事实可能会引发问题。当这种情况发生时，准父母不能依据合同提起诉讼，迫使她将孩子交给他们，甚至要求返还支付给代孕母亲的款项。直观地看，代孕母亲可以留下孩子和金钱，而准父母却一无所有，这似乎不公平。然而，强制执行此类合同可能会压迫代孕母亲，并对孩子的福祉有害。在本文中，我们探讨不当得利法是否会允许返还根据此类合同支付的款项。我们认为，这一法律分支能够为代孕合同无法执行的问题提供解决方案，在代孕母亲和准父母的利益之间达成公平平衡，同时将孩子的终身福祉置于首位。
