從兒童權利公約談代理孕母之修法
Other Title
Discussion of Surrogacy from the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child
Journal
月旦醫事法報告
Journal Volume
78
Pages
153
Date Issued
2023-02
Author(s)
周晏華
Abstract
代理孕母之立法辯論已經超過20年，代孕對子代有長遠的社會和法律等各層面影響。我國自2014年實施「兒童權利公約」，課責國家改善法規和流程，以維護兒童權利，本文從兒童權利公約之角度，探討代理孕母制度中兒童權利之立法考量。在我國未將代孕合法化之現況下，跨國代理孕母衍生的問題，是最複雜但也最常見的，各國法令對國籍、親屬認定和公民權認定不同，我國應修法避免遺棄之發生，並保障子代取得身世資料，對其長遠的身心健康具重要性。因此，本文主張，為維護兒童最佳利益，不論國家政府對於代理孕母之立場為何，國家都需要在法律和制度上，考量因跨國代理孕母出生之潛在國民，保障其權利，除了人工生殖法、民法、兒童及少年福利與權益保障法、國籍法與人口販運防制法等均應考量跨國代孕子女進行調整。最後，本文也對代理孕母在國內合法化進行討論。
英文摘要
The debates of the legalization of surrogacy has been going on for over two decades in Taiwan, and it has a profound social and legal impact on children, a key stakeholder in surrogacy. The Taiwanese government implemented the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) in 2014, which requires the government to improve policies and procedures. This paper discusses children’s rights in surrogacy from the perspective of the UNCRC, and its implications to domestic laws. Before legalizing surrogacy, the most common and urgent issue for the government is cross-border surrogacy, in which children’s identity, nationality and citizenship could be problematic due to different ways of recognition of a parent-child relationship among countries. Taiwanese government should improve the regulations to avoid abandonment. Also, ensuring Children’s right to access birth information has a long-term impact on the child’s mental and physical health. Hence, this paper argues that no matter government’s position on surrogacy, the government should establish laws to protect the rights of children born in this way and consider the different impacts caused by various surrogacy systems as best interests of children shall be a primary consideration. The discussion of surrogacy should not be limited to the Assisted Reproduction Act. The government needs to amend the Civil Code, the Nationality Act, the Protection of Children and Youths Welfare and Rights Act, and the Human Trafficking Prevention Act to protect children’s rights. Lastly, this paper discusses the legalization of surrogacy in Taiwan.
Subjects
人工生殖法、代理孕母、兒童、兒童權利公約、Assisted Reproduction Act、surrogacy、child、United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child
Publisher
元照
Type
journal article