Ricerc@Sapienza

A legal approach to surrogacy raises a number of complex and delicate issues that directly affect
self-determination and relations concerning the very origin of human life. Besides, it implies
different approaches to human dignity, as it is revealed by the comparison of different regulations
and judicial decisions on the matter. On this ground, the Author discusses the most common
approaches to surrogacy, trying to construe an alternative paradigm suitable to overcome
polarizations through a more sensitive approach to the concrete dimensions of self-determination
in relation with others and, as a consequence, a full acknowledgment and protection of all the
actors (woman, intended parents, child).