So, you're curious about surrogacy. If you haven't heard of surrogacy before or if you don't know of anyone personally who has gone through a surrogacy journey—either as a surrogate mother or as a ...

In this type of surrogacy, IVF is used to produce embryos, usually using the intended parents' genetic material. This gives couples an opportunity to have genetically related children while bypassing ...

Here’s this week’s question from a reader, condensed and edited for clarity: I’m a woman in my 30s and I think I want to ...

ROME — An international campaign to ban surrogacy received a strong endorsement Friday from the Vatican, with a top official calling for a broad-based alliance to stop the “commercialization of life” ...

In 2002, 18-year-olds Rachelle Simon and Meghan Young became best friends after being paired as roommates at Rockhurst University, a Jesuit college in Kansas City, Missouri. Young confided in Simon ...

This week, we’re bringing you stories about what it costs to raise a child in 2025, and how families are making it work. Having a surrogate give birth to your baby can cost as much as $200,000. Taylor ...

Olivia Maurel was 30 years old when an ancestry DNA test confirmed what she had known all along: she is the product of a costly commercial surrogacy contract. In Olivia’s case, the woman that her ...

Former nanny and mother of three JO DUNN, 40, from Wantage, Oxfordshire, explains why she acted as a surrogate mother for Annette Spacey. It was the final act in a dream of mine to become a surrogate.

Conservative policy groups and feminist advocates rarely agree on what women should be allowed to do with their bodies. One side tends to defend traditional roles; the other insists on ...