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

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

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,

Some say surrogacy is exploitative. Sunshine Hanson says its magic. When Sunshine Hanson first considered becoming a surrogate, she had no idea it would transform her entire life. She found the experience so joyful and moving that she decided to do it again… and then another time after that. And

“When my wife first mentioned she wanted to be a surrogate, I thought she was nuts, and I was very much against it,” Hanson told Insider. Over time, Hanson started warming up to the idea and moving past his reservations, especially as he started to learn about the mental, physical, and

“Kids are so open, they really get it easily,” Casey and Sunshine agree. “It’s the adults who start overthinking and asking all the wrong questions, but kids understand that their mom is helping someone.” In fact, directly on the Surrogacy Is website, where women considering becoming surrogates can find lots of

Casey featured in VoyageLA. Excerpt from the article: “As an advocacy firm, Surrogacy Is was created as a resource to truly advocate for and support surrogates—every step of the way. Aside from offering free surrogacy consultation and agency matching services, ‘Surrogacy Is’ helps its clientele navigate compensation, avoid misleading or

Check out Sunshine’s feature in Today’s Parent: https://www.todaysparent.com/getting-pregnant/my-surprising-journey-to-surrogacy/

Check out Casey’s journey to surrogacy and beyond in Today’s Parent: https://www.todaysparent.com/getting-pregnant/how-i-became-a-surrogate/

Check out Surrogacy Is featured in Authority Magazine’s “Meet The Disruptors: Sunshine Hanson and Casey Bojorquez of ‘Surrogacy Is’ On The Five Things You Need To Shake Up Your Industry”

From the podcast: This week we talked with Sunshine and Casey from Surrogacy.Is! Sunshine explained how and why she created Surrogacy.Is and the purpose of this Advocacy Group. The love and passion these ladies have for surrogacy shines through in this entire conversation and we for one can’t wait to

Jacqueline is joined by Sunshine Hanson and Casey Bojorquez who founded Surrogacy Is, a first-of-its-kind surrogacy advocacy platform that supports the incredible women who step up to the calling of helping parents in need create a family. As the agency has grown and evolved over the last few years, they