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BAFFONE, Cristiana. Surrogate Motherhood: a Comparison between Italy and Mexico. Bol. Mex. Der. Comp. [online]. 2013, vol.46, n.137, pp.441-470. ISSN 2448-4873.

The development of assisted reproductive technologies has amplified the procreative expectations and has changed the traditional conception of parenthood. A significant example of this phenomenon is offered by surrogacy, whose practice has raised several questions. the present article, suggests considering two perspectives of the contemporary debate, the ethical and the juridical. On the one hand the ethical context points out the deepest problems of the practice, analyzing the role of the people involved and establishing a comparison between two bioethical currents, the liberal and the personalist. On the other hand, the legal perspective sets some considerations about the italian and Mexican laws.

Palavras-chave : Surrogate Motherhood; Bioethics; Law; Italy; Mexico.