On Tuesday, Many people woke up to “Good Morning America” and learned about the rise in military wives becoming surrogate mother. Or maybe you picked up this week’s issue of Newsweek, with the cover story, “The Curious Lives of Surrogates.”
I am thrilled that surrogacy is being discussed at such a level. The Newsweek article addressed many areas of surrogacy that the majority of people do not know.
Surrogate mothers do form emotional attachments during pregnancy. However, the attachment is generally with the intended parents rather than the baby or babies she is carrying for them.
The article also explored the health insurance side of surrogacy. The large majority of health insurance providers do not cover surrogate pregnancies — Tricare is one of the few. Most couples purchase a plan specifically for their surrogate’s pregnancy costing them approximately $25,000. If Tricare changes its policy to no longer covers surrogate pregnancy, many people may not be able to have a family through surrogacy due to the cost of insurance.
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