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EPISODE · Aug 8, 2026 · 16 MIN

What Happens When Disagreements Arise During Surrogacy?

from The Pat Kenny Show

When problems arise during a surrogacy, whose baby is it? A developing legal battle in the United States is raising some very difficult questions about the limits of surrogacy agreements. A surrogate mother is taking the intended parents to court after they asked her to terminate the pregnancy when the unborn baby was diagnosed with a serious heart defect. Joining Pat to discuss the story, and how Ireland does things differently, is Dr Mary McCaffery, consultant obstetrician gynaecologist based at the Scotia Clinic Tralee and UPMC Mallow. Trained in the area of assisted reproduction at Hari unit Rotunda and established Irelands first satellite IVF clinic with Dr. David Walsh in sims

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