Surrogacy Quotes

“Learn to see the gift in the adversity. By doing this you will begin to find true peace in your struggle.”
― Stacey Urrutia, Making Angels: A Story of Blessings on Our Journey to Have Children after the Heartache of Infertility, Miscarriage, and Late-term Pregnancy Loss

“She had known deep down for as long as she could remember that something was wrong. What she didn’t know, was what happened next.”
― Alice Darwin, Rokitansky

“The dads know that only time will tell how important genetic ties will be to their children. They also know that their children’s feelings
about it will likely change over time.”
― Rachel HS Ginocchio, Roads to Family: All the Ways We Come to Be

“The dads know that only time will tell how important genetic ties will be to their children. They also know that their children’s feelings about it will likely change over time.”
― Rachel HS Ginocchio, Roads to Family: All the Ways We Come to Be

“Making a human always takes the same three ingredients—an egg cell, a sperm cell, and a uterus. But just how the ingredients come together is a fascinating tale. Sometimes the ingredients that created us come from the same people who are raising us. Other times, we don’t share genetics with the people responsible for our care, such as when we are raised by stepparents, adoptive parents, or foster parents. This is also often true when donors and surrogates are involved.”
― Rachel HS Ginocchio

“Making a human always takes the same three ingredients—an egg cell, a sperm cell, and a uterus. But just how the ingredients come together is a fascinating tale. With discoveries in science and medicine, we have insemination and IVF, along with sex, to bring babies into the world. Sometimes the ingredients that created us come from the same people who are raising us. Other times, we don’t share genetics with the people responsible for our care, such as when we are raised by stepparents, adoptive parents, or foster parents. This is also often true when donors and surrogates are involved”
― Rachel HS Ginocchio, Roads to Family: All the Ways We Come to Be

“When reframed in this way, critics often accuse couples intent on pursuing ART of being selfish for expending so much time, energy, and resources to have a biological connection to their child when they could pursue adoption in-stead. But beyond the practical barrier of adoption not being accessible to all prospective parents in all contexts given variables of age, sexual orientation, marital status, and the pool of available children, what is missing in this anti-ART/pro-adoption position is an explanation for why the criticism of narcissism or selfishness is directed primarily at couples who use ART, not also at those intent on bearing children the old-fashioned way through intercourse.

Why must those who cannot reproduce "naturally" be put in the position of having to justify their desire to have "their own" child — why isn't every prospective parent pressed to give an account?”
― Grace Kao, My Body, Their Baby: A Progressive Christian Vision for Surrogacy

“där den prostituerade säger 'kroppen är inte jag' säger surrogatmodern 'barnet är inte mitt'.”
― Kajsa Ekis Ekman, Being and Being Bought: Prostitution, Surrogacy and the Split Self