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[quote=Anonymous]Wow. There is a lot on this thread. Lots of very firmly held opinions by people who, based on their comments, know very little about surrogacy.

I don’t have time to address everything, but one thing I have noticed is the repeated claim that poor women even can be surrogates. FYI. In the US, at least (globally it’s different), you have to be middle class and financially stable to be a surrogate. Caveat: surrogates can lie about their financials and there are shady agencies and clinics who are less scrupulous.

But overall, financial stability is a critical part of surrogate selection. It is very hard to manage and carry a pregnancy to term in low-income environments. It’s too risky. Poverty comes with health effects that may be harmful to the pregnancy, there may be housing and food insecurity, etc. So while I certainly wouldn’t say it never happens, it’s highly undesirable and isn’t to norm. Most US surrogates are financially secure.

Signed,
A parent by surrogacy (medically necessary) who has been in this space for over a decade[/quote]

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