Law needs to catchup on the meaning of surrogacy and motherhood

Our courts must bring legal certainty to the complex world of surrogacy, writes Caroline O’Doherty

IN THE recent legal wrangle over the meaning of motherhood in the context of surrogacy that has been before the Supreme Court, both sides, despite their deep differences, agree on one thing.

As senior counsel Michael McDowell neatly summed it up when outlining the State’s position: science has changed but the law has not.