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Maternal Mortality and Neonatal Mortality

Asked by Jonathan HinderLabourDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled Answered 30 January 2025UIN 26759

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential implications for his policies of the research by Queen's University, Ontario, entitled Severe Maternal and Neonatal Morbidity Among Gestational Carriers: A Cohort Study, published on 24 September 2024.

Answered by Karin Smyth

Ensuring that women are healthy during their pregnancy is important for ensuring good outcomes for women and babies. This includes surrogates, also known as gestational carriers. We welcome additional research and evidence in this field, including reports such as the Queen’s University Ontario publication, which we will consider.

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