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Principle: Surrogacy is a method of reproduction whereby a woman (referred to as surrogate) agrees to carry a pregnancy and give birth as a substitute for the contracted party/parties. A surrogacy arrangement shall be governed by a contract amongst parties, which will contain all the terms requiring consent of surrogate mother to bear the child, agreement of her husband and other family members for the same, medical procedures of artificial insemination, reimbursement of all reasonable expenses for carrying child to full term, willingness to hand over the child born to the commissioning parent(s), etc.

Fact: A couple, been unable to bear to a child, finally decides to opt for a surrogacy arrangement with a young female C. The couple signs a contract to include all important issues with C. C, at the same time is involved in an intimate relationship with her boyfriend D. C conceives and her boyfriend D, coerces her to have an abortion, as he considered parenthood was too premature at the time.

Which of the following is valid? 

  1. C should abort the foetus as asked by her boyfriend.

  2. C should take the baby to its full term as her surrogacy contract.

  3. C should undergo a paternity test and then decide the course of action.

  4. C should call off the contract and carry the pregnancy to its full term.
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Explanation

Option 1: No, C has signed a surrogacy contract with the couple and is responsible to carry the couple’s child to full term. Option 2: Not necessarily, until C herself is confident that the baby is of the couple. This is not the case since she is intimately involved with her boyfriend as well.  Option 3: Yes, this can be a wise option to clear all doubts regarding the father of the baby. Option 4: No, C cannot call off the contract.  

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