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#730 Wombs For Hire , Has Surrogacy Gone Too Far?
Niall asks listeners for their views on one of the most divisive moral and social issues facing Ireland today, surrogacy.
The debate reignited last week after an American commercial surrogacy company planned to hold an event in a Dublin hotel called “Babies and Bites”. The event was later cancelled following public backlash and questions surrounding the legality of promoting commercial surrogacy in Ireland.
At present, altruistic surrogacy is legal in Ireland, meaning a woman can carry a child for somebody else without payment. However, commercial surrogacy, where women are paid to carry…
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