title: Contractual aspects of surrogate motherhood in The Netherlands.
abstract: This article presents a critical analysis of the contractual status and implications of surrogate motherhood agreements in the Netherlands. Particular attention is focussed on the notions of freedom of contract and the public interest as two distinctive but interrelated determinants in assessing the legal consequences of avoidance of the terms of surrogate motherhood agreements by the prospective surrogate mother and/or the prospective parents.
authors.affiliation: Rapenburg, Leiden, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Broekhuijsen-Molenaar
mesh_terms: D035881:Compensation and Redress; D003284:Contract Services / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D032982:Contracts; D005249:Fees and Charges; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009426:Netherlands; D011247:Pregnancy; D037841:Pregnant People; D012935:Social Justice; D013533:Gestational Carriers / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*