Surrogacy , in layman’s terms , is the use of a woman’s womb to carry and birth a baby for couples or individuals who want to have a child- and can’t have one on their own. There are two types of surrogacy in these modern times, traditional - where the surrogate mother and the biological father are the genetic parents of the child or gestational where the surrogate mother has no genetic relation to the child.(Patel et al., 2018) In some western countries like the United States , surrogacy has been a somewhat normalized alternative to traditional reproduction- on a global scale- as with most things- legality , social acceptance , and ethics surrounding surrogacy vary greatly. Most ethical arguments for surrogacy focus on either surrogates that donate their wombs out of generosity , or the agencies created to vet surrogates for prospective parents and assist with any potential legal issues; arguments against surrogacy are critical of the vast discrepancies in the practice and how...