Kirsty Hosey, Kamal Ahuja, and Nick Macklon | BioNews | September 27, 2021
Parental orders, used to transfer legal parenthood from a surrogate to the intended parents in a surrogacy arrangement, have increased fourfold over the last decade. Clinical experience from over 150 surrogacy cases at the London Women’s Clinic shows an increase in the number of treatments per year, especially by same-sex couples. This evidence suggests that surrogacy has become more socially acceptable and popular in the UK, likely due to increased support and awareness from non-profit organizations and digital platforms. Further reform on surrogacy regulations must be made to better safeguard surrogacy-born children as well as non-traditional families.