7. If surrogacy is allowed, is it lawful for the surrogate mother to receive:
Health insurance only refunds medical expenses if the person undergoing the treatment has a medical need. The surrogacy mother does not have such a need, thus there will be no refund of medical expenses out of the insurance. The authority advising the minister on health insurance issues is now looking into this with regard to situation where the intended parents do have a medical indication for the surrogacy treatment.
Since surrogacy is unregulated in The Netherlands, there are no rules for compensations for the surrogate mother by the intended parents. In the bill that is in parliament at the moment, there are limitations to what payment will be is allowed. Although it is not yet clear how exactly, it is clear that any (appearance of) the buying of children should be avoided.
a. refund of medical expenses No
b. refund of other expenses
c. compensation for loss of income
d. other compensation including non-pecuniary
e. remuneration or comparable advantage
- refund of medical expenses
- refund of other expenses
- compensation for loss of income
- other compensation including non-pecuniary
- remuneration or comparable advantage