Knowra Surrogacy Surrogacy Surrogacy is an arrangement in which a person carries and gives birth to a child for intended parents, who assume parental responsibility. It may involve the surrogate’s egg or an embryo created using another person’s egg.
Gestational surrogacy : Surrogacy in which the person carrying the pregnancy has no genetic relationship to the child. An embryo created from another person’s egg is transferred to the gestational carrier.
Intended parents : People who plan to become a child’s parents and assume parental responsibility, including through assisted reproduction. They enter a surrogacy arrangement intending to raise the child.
Adoption : A legal process that establishes a parent-child relationship between a child and adoptive parent or parents. Adoption transfers legal parenthood; surrogacy arranges pregnancy for intended parents.
Surrogacy law : The laws and regulations governing surrogacy arrangements, parentage, and related rights and duties. Legal rules determine whether agreements are enforceable and how parenthood is established.
Traditional surrogacy : Surrogacy in which the person carrying the pregnancy is also the child’s genetic parent. The surrogate’s egg is used, typically with insemination or assisted reproduction.
Gestational carrier : A person who carries a pregnancy created with an embryo to which they are not genetically related. This is the role commonly called a surrogate in gestational surrogacy.
Foster care : A system in which children receive temporary care from people who are not their legal parents. Foster care provides care without the intended-parent arrangement central to surrogacy.
Reproductive ethics : The study of moral questions arising from reproduction, fertility treatment, and the creation of families. Surrogacy brings ethical questions about consent, payment, and the interests of all parties.
In vitro fertilization : A fertility treatment in which eggs are fertilized with sperm outside the body, and an embryo may be transferred to a uterus. Gestational surrogacy commonly relies on IVF to create the embryo.
Genetic parent : A person whose egg or sperm contributed genetic material to a child. A genetic parent may be an intended parent, the surrogate, or a donor.
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