Meaning & use
surrogacy
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The practice of a woman carrying and giving birth to a child on behalf of another person or couple.
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The couple turned to surrogacy after years of failed fertility treatments.
Surrogacy laws vary widely from country to country.
A note on using this word
Can be 'traditional,' where the surrogate's own egg is used, or 'gestational,' where the embryo is created from the intended parents' or donors' genetic material.
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