PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Deonandan, Raywat
AU  - Green, Samantha
AU  - van Beinum, Amanda
TI  - Ethical concerns for maternal surrogacy and reproductive tourism
AID  - 10.1136/medethics-2012-100551
DP  - 2012 Dec 01
TA  - Journal of Medical Ethics
PG  - 742--745
VI  - 38
IP  - 12
4099  - http://jme.bmj.com/content/38/12/742.short
4100  - http://jme.bmj.com/content/38/12/742.full
SO  - J Med Ethics2012 Dec 01; 38
AB  - Reproductive medical tourism is by some accounts a multibillion dollar industry globally. The seeking by clients in high income nations of surrogate mothers in low income nations, particularly India, presents a set of largely unexamined ethical challenges. In this paper, eight such challenges are elucidated to spur discussion and eventual policy development towards protecting the rights and health of vulnerable women of the Global South.