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[[File:Maternidad subrogada situación legal.PNG|450px|thumb|Legal regulation of surrogacy in the world:
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{{legend|#DA70D6|Allowed between relatives up to second degree of consanguinity}}
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'''Surrogacy''' means getting [[pregnancy|pregnant]] and carrying a [[child]] for other persons/person who will become the child's parents\parent after their birth. Some reasons why people may look for surrogacy is if a single man wants a child, pregnancy is too much of a risk, or if a [[woman]] can't have children through their own pregnancy.  The carrier of the children is called a surrogate mother.

It may or may not involve monetary arrangements between the surrogate and the biological parents. In some countries like China, Japan, Germany and France it is considered illegal. In Australia and New Zealand commercial surrogacy is an offence. India is the main destination for this as surrogacy here is cheaper.

Many people believe that surrogacy is [[exploitation]] of women; It uses women's organs as a tool for making money.<ref name=":13">{{Cite journal |last1=Qi |first1=Qing |last2=Gu |first2=Xiaolei |last3=Zhao |first3=Yangyang |last4=Chen |first4=Ziqin |last5=Zhou |first5=Jing |last6=Chen |first6=Song |last7=Wang |first7=Ling |date=2023 |title=The status of surrogacy in China |url=https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/bst/17/4/17_2022.01263/_article |journal=BioScience Trends |volume=17 |issue=4 |pages=302–309 |doi=10.5582/bst.2022.01263|doi-access=free }}</ref>

== Legal issues ==
=== China ===
Scholars mostly say that surrogacy can lead to (or [[incitement|incites]]) social instability both for the Chinese Government and the public; That is because of [[civil dispute]]s, crime, the spread of disease, and [[gender disproportion]].<ref name=":13">{{Cite journal |last1=Qi |first1=Qing |last2=Gu |first2=Xiaolei |last3=Zhao |first3=Yangyang |last4=Chen |first4=Ziqin |last5=Zhou |first5=Jing |last6=Chen |first6=Song |last7=Wang |first7=Ling |date=2023 |title=The status of surrogacy in China |url=https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/bst/17/4/17_2022.01263/_article |journal=BioScience Trends |volume=17 |issue=4 |pages=302–309 |doi=10.5582/bst.2022.01263|doi-access=free }}</ref> However, laws have not been made against surrogacy; However, the state government's attitude is to ban surrogacy.<ref>{{Cite news |title=The dangers of carrying a child for someone else in China |url=https://www.economist.com/china/2023/12/11/the-dangers-of-carrying-a-child-for-someone-else-in-china |access-date=2024-04-10 |newspaper=The Economist |issn=0013-0613}}</ref>

==References==
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== Other websites ==
* [https://www.pregnancybirthbaby.org.au/surrogacy Types of surrogacy]

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