With more people facing fertility issues and couples
increasingly seeking alternative routes to have children, there is
a growing number of UK families created through surrogacy.
In the last three years, the number of children being born
through surrogacy has almost tripled according to
figures from the Ministry of Justice Family Court.
Surrogacy is no longer a taboo – along with adoption it
has become an accepted alternative to traditional child birth. It
has even recently featured in the Archers on Radio 4 and has been
put into the headlines by Kim Kardashian and Kanye West who have
recently used a surrogate to have their baby, Chicago.
The number of people choosing surrogates abroad is also rising.
International organisation Families Through Surrogacy has reported that
over the last three years, more than 1,000 British couples have
secured the services of surrogates overseas, the highest number
from any European country.
