The Law Commission suggests that intended parents can apply for legal parental rights from birth. Parents should undergo screening and safeguarding checks overseen by non-profit Sargacy organizations, which are licensed by the Human Fertilization and Embryology Authority. Some do worry that this will make it too hard for a surrogate to keep the baby she's given birth to if she wishes to. The regulations won't cover the one in three roughly surrogate babies in Britain who were born overseas.

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