Legal scholars and practitioners in the area of medical law in Ghana find it curious why there exists a difficult legal regime to comprehensively regulate all matters on Assisted Reproductive Technologies (ART) in Ghana, which includes surrogacy.

The writer is an emerging authority in medical law in Ghana with varying interests in medico-legal cases, speaker and facilitator at a number of medico-legal seminars under his sleeves as well as proffered medico-legal opinions to hospitals in Ghana and by experience, find it problematic that Ghana has nearly non-existent comprehensive laws to fully regulate ART, an important area of medical law.

Family is central to Ghana's culture.

The Ghanaian families are often extended in nature.