國內不孕症的比例因種種因素有上升的現象,而醫學之進步使得藉由人工生殖技術獲得具有血緣之子女不再困難,代理孕母亦為人工生殖技術選項之一,它挑戰了傳統羅馬法「生者恆母」之法理,且其所衍生之親子法律關係較為複雜,本文嘗試在現有法律基礎上探討其於現行民法上之可能衝突,藉由國內相關文獻之回顧,對代理孕母之意義先予以確定,另就現行法律規範進行檢討,針對代理孕母所生子女身分之認定探究法制化之途徑,依照子女最佳利益之原則,建構可能的解決之道,透過收養契約的方式,可以解決代理孕母所生子女之身分問題,也不會變動傳統父母子女關係之認定原則,最後得出代理孕母與所生子女間親子法律關係之結論與建議。
Infertility rates are on the rise due to various factors in Taiwan. Advances in artificial reproductive technology made infertility couples easier to have their own blood-related children. A growing number of couples are now turning towards surrogate mother for help. Surrogate mother is one of the options for artificial reproductive technology, which challenges the traditional Roman-Law "Mater semper certa est (The mother is always certain)" and it derives complicated parent-child legal relationship. This article attempts to explore the conflicts to the current civil law. The "children's best interests" principle should be the most fundamental consideration in surrogacy legalization. As a result, the contract of adoption can solve the problem of parentage without changing the principle of determining the relationship between traditional parents and children.