Hidden from view: Canadian gestational surrogacy practices and outcomes, 2001-2012

This paper raises some troubling questions about the fertility treatments provided to Canadian gestational surrogates, women not genetically related to the child that they carry. Using information published between 2003 and 2012 by Canada ’s Assisted Reproduction Registry, the paper traces the growing incidence of births to gestational surrogates. The transfer of more than one embryo increases the chance of pregnancy and the incidence of multiple births, and while the incidence of multiple births has declined overall since 2010, ge stational surrogates consistently experience a higher proportion of multiple births and experienced higher levels of multiple embryo transfers.
Source: Reproductive Health Matters - Category: Global & Universal Authors: Tags: FEATURE Source Type: research