Surrogacy

Miranda Montrone, Kerry Sherman*

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    Abstract

    A surrogacy arrangement is one in which, before the child is conceived, the commissioning parent/s (also known as intended parent/s) and the surrogate mother (also known as gestational carrier, or birth mother) and her partner (if she has one) agree that the surrogate will become pregnant with the intention that the child will, at birth, be given into the care of the commissioning parent/s to raise as their own.
    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publicationEncyclopedia of behavioral medicine
    EditorsMarc D. Gellman
    Place of PublicationSwitzerland
    PublisherSpringer, Springer Nature
    Pages2204-2206
    Number of pages3
    Edition2nd
    ISBN (Electronic)9783030399030
    ISBN (Print)9783030399016
    Publication statusPublished - 2020

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