There is an immense literature on the moral status of both the practice of surrogacy and surrogacy contracts. Surrogacy contracts are “agreements pursuant to which a woman would, for a fee, agree to bear a child for a man, woman or couple incapable of having a child of their own.” Much of what is written falls within two distinct eras … the late 1980s to the mid 1990s … (and) the mid-2000s onward … . In the wake of expanded reproductive rights and greater social and constitutional acceptance …
