Sunshine Hanson, co-founder and president of Surrogacy Is, was looking to supplement her income as a high school English teacher, without adding many more hours of work to her already packed schedule, when she discovered gestational surrogacy. “I was looking for something meaningful I could do that wouldn’t take up a lot more time like […]
Earlier this week, Pope Francis called for a worldwide ban on surrogacy, claiming that the practice, which helps individuals and couples have children, exploits the women who carry them. That characterization couldn’t be further from the truth for Sunshine Hanson, a three-time gestational surrogate and founder of the surrogacy agency Surrogacy Is. “It’s so disrespectful to
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The practice of surrogacy has long been controversial. Some argue it exploits women while others believe women deserve the power and agency to decide how they want to use their bodies, especially when strong contracts are in place to protect both the parents and the surrogate. In the United States, the surrogacy industry is highly
