The NHS can be ordered to pay for surrogacy treatment abroad if a hospital’s negligence leaves a woman infertile, the UK Supreme Court has ruled in a landmark judgment.
By a 3-2 majority, the court decided that it would not be against public policy to allow a woman who developed cervical cancer after several smear tests and biopsies were wrongly interpreted to be awarded damages covering surrogacy treatment abroad.1
Lady Hale, who gave the leading judgment, said that the woman, referred to as XX, was aged 29 when her cancer was discovered in 2013. “She had a cervical smear test in 2008, which was wrongly …

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错过子宫颈癌的女性可以在国外由NHS代孕

英国最高法院在一项具有里程碑意义的判决中裁定，如果医院的过失导致妇女不育，则可以命令NHS在国外支付代孕治疗费用。
法院以3比2的多数票决定，允许妇女在几次涂片检查和活检后被误解为在国外代孕治疗中获得了赔偿，这是不违反公共政策的。1位
作出判决的黑尔女士说，这名被称为XX的妇女在2013年被发现癌症时享年29岁。“她在2008年进行了宫颈涂片检查，这是错误的……