surrogate parenting
Proxy family arrangement
Surrogate parenting is an arrangement where a woman carries and delivers a child for another person or couple who will become the legal parents.
The surrogate may be genetically related to the child (traditional surrogacy) or carry an embryo created from others' genetic material (gestational surrogacy).
The practice raises complex legal, ethical, and emotional questions about parenthood, bodily autonomy, and commodification of reproduction.
- parentalOf mothers and fathers
- fosteringPromoting development or growth
- rearingNurturing to maturity
- gestational carrierPerson carrying another's pregnancy
- baby bumpPregnant woman's protruding stomach
nine months · bioethics · parental rights · informed consent · birth mother · maternal bond · contract enforcement · custody laws · identity formation · societal stigma · egg donation · legal guardianship · attachment theory · guardian · open adoption · cryopreservation · womb · genetic testing
- grandparentinggrandma, grandpa, grandchildren, grandchild, granddaughter
surrogate parentingnatural conception
Pregnancy achieved without fertility treatment
childlessness · self-conception · adoption · foster parenting