Surrogates face higher risk of pregnancy complications, study finds | Surrogacy | The Guardian

Women who act as pregnancy surrogates appear to have a higher risk of health complications than those who carry their own babies, researchers have found.

The use of surrogates, or “gestational carriers”, has boomed in recent years, with figures for England and Wales revealing that the number of parental orders, which transfer legal parentage from the surrogate, rose from 117 in 2011 to 413 in 2020.

Source: Surrogates face higher risk of pregnancy complications, study finds | Surrogacy | The Guardian

2 thoughts on “Surrogates face higher risk of pregnancy complications, study finds | Surrogacy | The Guardian”

  1. This is not news though! Feminists have been saying this for a long time! Renate Klein, myself (Bronwyn) among many others.

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.