Issues surrounding international surrogacy 'enormously complex'

High Court warned that any decision on right to legal recognition of genetic mother of child could have unintended consequences for assisted human reproduction

Kathy and Brian Egan of Kilkenny claim the State has breached the family’s constitutional rights by not providing a route for Ms Egan to be legally recognised as the mother of their child. Picture: Collins Courts

The High Court has been warned that any decision it makes regarding the right to legal recognition of the genetic mother of a child born through surrogacy could have unintended consequences for all areas of assisted human reproduction.

Lawyers for the State said the court was being presented with a “deceptively simple situation” when the global issues surrounding international surrogacy are “enormously complex”.