Surrogacy

1 Surrogacy is an arrangement whereby a woman (the surrogate) agrees with a couple or a single individual (the intended or commissioning parents) to begin pregnancy and bring a child to term on their behalf. 2 Depending on the source of the eggs used to create the child, there are two types of surrogacy: a first one, known as traditional surrogacy, where the eggs come from the surrogate herself; and a second one, known as gestational surrogacy, where the eggs come from a woman other than the surrogate, the intended mother, or a third donor (Beaumont and Trimmings...