Lack of surrogacy legislation 'harmful to the rights of children' 

Would-be parents of children born through surrogacy can spend years battling in court for basic parenting rights.

Leading academics will on Tuesday call for the introduction of surrogacy legislation, saying failure to do so harms children’s rights.

University of Limerick’s Dr Lydia Bracken, who is due to address this afternoon’s joint Oireachtas committee debate on children’s rights in surrogacy, says lack of legislation “leaves the door open to children’s rights violations”.