Surrogacy In Canada

Surrogacy has grown in popularity over the years. This is especially true in the United States. However, in Canada there continues to be a great issue regarding surrogates and the whole monetary process that has become associated with it. Due to the strict regulations in Canada, couples have often traveled to the United States in hopes of purchasing eggs for conception. Researches explain that couples have spent upwards of five thousand dollars USD. There continues to be a high debate on the morality of commercial sale of eggs (Baylis & Downie, 2014). Surrogacy has grown in price over the past decade. Though it has remained significantly cheaper than in places akin to the Unites States. Unfortunately, the practice remains unregulated in

Researches have discussed that due to the potential of issues akin to those that happen in the United States in the 1980’s with a surrogate mother, whom decided that she wanted to keep the child that was genetically related to her though she had an agreement with a family to give the child to. Situations like this is why there are states that have laws prohibiting surrogacy. There are state laws that state that the only way that a woman can choose to be a surrogate is if she is not compensated. These states have allowed for the use of surrogates under strict/restrictive conditions. The requirements include: the potential parents must be legally married, the mother to be must be unable to physically have her own child (infertile), one of the potential parents has to be genetically related to the child and the potential surrogate must have already had a child (Hinson & McBrien,

When a situation arises and you have a family that is not able to conceive on their own, and they are told by their governing body that they are not able to pay for a surrogate that this in fact is considered an infraction and the couple may end up serving jail time and possible fines. What are they to do? Researchers have expressed what a complex and physiological process pregnancy can be. As well as the significance of the said event in a woman's life; not only to her, but her partner and the rest of their family. Infertility usually requires several my years of attempts and does not warrant success. Current reproductive practices increase an infertile couples chances of having a viable pregnancy. However, there have been some negative implications as a result of utilizing infertility methods. It is reported that woman have shown adaptation issues relating to the onset of pregnancy is significantly different characteristically than natural reproduction (Lepecka-Klusek & Jakiel,