Department of Psychology involvement in Japanese legislation on surrogacy

On Wednesday 14 January 2015, Assistant Professor Yuri Hibino http://ridb.kanazawa-u.ac.jp/public/detail_en.php?id=3055 visited Professor Olga van den Akker in the Department of Psychology at Middlesex University to discuss her work on surrogate motherhood. Dr Yuri Hibino from the Department of Environmental and Preventive Medicine Graduate School of Medical Science, Kanazawa University Japan, is a medical sociologist investigating issues surrounding international surrogacy. Her report, which will include discussions of meetings with, and publications from researchers from across the world, will be presented to the Japanese government, with a view to assisting them in their future legislation on surrogacy.