[SURROGACY - ITS MEDICAL, LEGAL AND ETHICAL ASPECTS].

ABSTRACT

INTRODUCTION: During July 2018, Israel went through a social turmoil due to the completion of the legislation of the surrogacy act which exclude gay men from the option of having their own children through surrogate pregnancy. Gay men were outraged also because this denial of the state means that such treatment will not be subsidize since these treatments are quite expensive. In light of the public and media mayhem following the above mentioned law, we revise the relevant literature regarding surrogate pregnancies, mainly for the social aspect of this issue. It seems that most women, who experience surrogate pregnancy, are not affected physically or mentally. However, these finding may not be relevant to surrogate women in underdeveloped countries who, sometimes, are doing it for the financial benefit. More specifically, this review deals with the new Israeli legislation, which incorporates in it religious elements, hence it prevents certain populations (such as gay men) from the only feasible possibility to become fathers. We emphasize that we describe the situation as it is presented in the current literature as spectators but not as judges.