Judgment, 16 December 1987.
The Court ordered the dissolution of a surrogate mother association acting as an intermediary between sterile couples and voluntary surrogate mothers. It declared that the association was acting contrary to the law and to good morals.  The Court, however, allowed the clinic to continue to operate until an appeal of its decision had been decided. This association was one of three ordered dissolved at the request of the Minister of Health on 16 October 1987 (see Le Monde, 19 October 1987, p. 8).
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