A gestational carrier is a person who carries and gives birth to a baby for someone else. They use someone else's fertilized egg to become pregnant and carry the baby until birth. Full definition
Which means couples or single people looking to start a family in a non-traditional manner usually have to look to other states for gestational carriers. (nystateofpolitics.com)
The second installment of the Agency Fee is held in escrow from match acceptance but is not considered earned until signature of Gestational Carrier Agreement. (coloradosurro.com)
Unfortunately, a number of international surrogacy scandals — including the Baby Gammy case where the surrogate - born twin with Down Syndrome was heartbreakingly left behind; and the Japanese business man with more than 13 babies by surrogacy — resulted in many countries shutting down the legal practice of gestational carrier arrangements with foreign intended parents. (coloradosurro.com)