final paper legal research
Kathy May T. Elnas Legal Research October 27, 2014
Thesis statement:
The paternity and filiation of a child conceived and born through surrogacy under the Family Code of the Philippines.
Part of the greatest advancements in modern science is its contribution to the medical field. One particular scientific advancement in the field of medicine which has been greatly sought for in this present age is the use of surrogacy as a more modern approach to producing the gestational process. However, moral and ethical debates regarding such process has been prevalent among different groups around the world, which builds up some issues whether or not to give way and legalize the process. Some countries in Europe and the United States, and even in Asia have permitted, and legalized the method of surrogacy, though many have accepted this process in their respective medical options, the Philippines is still one of those countries which do not have laws allowing the practice of surrogacy. In the Philippine context, considering that there are no laws pertaining to the legalization of surrogacy, it is important to consider the paternity and filiation of a child conceived and born through surrogacy under the Family Code of the Philippines.
In order to better to have a better understanding on what surrogacy is, it is important to take into consideration how is it defined, and what are its types before delving further on the subject matter. As what the dictionary would commonly define it, Surrogacy would mean as substitute. A person who gestates and gives birth to a child for another person is called a surrogate mother. Part from this process is the surrogate parenting. It is an agreement wherein the surrogate has to have an agreed fee to be impregnated through a process called artificial insemination and carry the child, and after birth, the child must be surrendered to the biological father, along with the parental
Thesis statement:
The paternity and filiation of a child conceived and born through surrogacy under the Family Code of the Philippines.
Part of the greatest advancements in modern science is its contribution to the medical field. One particular scientific advancement in the field of medicine which has been greatly sought for in this present age is the use of surrogacy as a more modern approach to producing the gestational process. However, moral and ethical debates regarding such process has been prevalent among different groups around the world, which builds up some issues whether or not to give way and legalize the process. Some countries in Europe and the United States, and even in Asia have permitted, and legalized the method of surrogacy, though many have accepted this process in their respective medical options, the Philippines is still one of those countries which do not have laws allowing the practice of surrogacy. In the Philippine context, considering that there are no laws pertaining to the legalization of surrogacy, it is important to consider the paternity and filiation of a child conceived and born through surrogacy under the Family Code of the Philippines.
In order to better to have a better understanding on what surrogacy is, it is important to take into consideration how is it defined, and what are its types before delving further on the subject matter. As what the dictionary would commonly define it, Surrogacy would mean as substitute. A person who gestates and gives birth to a child for another person is called a surrogate mother. Part from this process is the surrogate parenting. It is an agreement wherein the surrogate has to have an agreed fee to be impregnated through a process called artificial insemination and carry the child, and after birth, the child must be surrendered to the biological father, along with the parental