What Sets Celebrity Surrogacy Apart?
By: Friday Faraday Gestational Surrogacy is a unique experience for both the surrogate and the intended parents, and there are a number of situations that can bring a person to the decision to explore surrogacy. Infertility is a well known reason for why intended parents chose this option to start or grow their family, the […]
The Complexity of Surrogacy and Taxes
By: Friday Faraday Surrogacy as a whole is still pretty young, it was in 1985 when the first successful gestational surrogate was documented in the United States, and with that youth, federal laws are still in catch up mode when it comes to surrogacy. Most laws surrounding surrogacy are up to the individual states to […]
Let’s Talk about Working While Being a Surrogate
By: Friday Faraday The decision to become a gestational surrogate can be rooted in many aspects that reflect your life. You can be a deeply caring person that wants to give an extraordinary gift to someone else, you could be thinking about your future with the compensation that you will earn, or both. No matter […]
What Can a Post-birth Surrogacy Relationship Look Like?
By: Friday Faraday The journey of gestational surrogacy is life changing for both the intended parent(s) and the surrogate. From the medical to the physical and emotional sides and everything in between, there is going to be changes and it is going to have an absolute presence within the process. Even with that in the […]
The Changing Landscape of Surrogacy in Idaho
By: Friday Faraday Art by Leigh Archibald What would The Gestational Agreements Act in Idaho do? At the beginning of this month, a bill was signed to give more structure and oversight to gestational surrogacy in the state of Idaho. House bill 264 or the Gestational Agreements Act was co sponsored by Brooke Green (Democrat) […]
Surrogacy for Transgender Parents
On Identity and Parenthood By: Friday Faraday There is nothing more natural than wanting to start a family, to build something with love and kindness, but this desire is not limited to cisgender families. The same importance toward building a family can be found within the LGBTQIA2S+ community. There is a certain shared experience of […]
SURROGACY IS ENDING!?!?!
NOTE: The views I have written do not reflect those of Alcea Surrogacy, my employer. While going about my typical daily regiment of searching “surrogacy news” on google- I came about a delightful article on the (please forgive me) “Catholic News Agency” This titan of journalism has blessed us with their next Pulitzer prize winner […]
A Look at Dobbs, Florida Law, and the Uncertain Future
By: Roia Barrios Nearly fifty years after the United States Supreme Court held that a woman had a fundamental right to choose whether to have an abortion without excessive government restriction, the current makeup of the Court decided that no such fundamental right exists. In Dobbs v. Jackson, the Court overruled Roe v. Wade and, […]
Signs You Might be a Good Candidate for Surrogacy
Why did you want to become a surrogate? It’s a question many surrogates find themselves being asked. We all want to know what attracted them to the process. We wonder what went through their minds when they first arranged a consult. What told them that this was the path they should take? And for some […]