ABSTRACT
This chapter explores in more detail the specific solutions adopted by the law in relation to the key areas of licensed fertility treatment. It focuses on in vitro fertilisation (IVF) treatment involving the creation of an embryo ex vivo to be implanted in a woman's uterus for gestation. The chapter returns to the field of assisted reproduction, but move on to address the additional complexities that arise when third party gamete providers are introduced into the picture by procedures such as artificial insemination by donor ('DI') and egg donation. It looks at one area where such third-party involvement in reproduction has aroused particular controversy, namely surrogacy, in which a woman makes use of her gestational capacity to carry a child for others. The technique, long sought, at last successful, opened up new horizons in the alleviation of infertility and in the science of embryology.
