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Outcomes for children – psychological development
• LimitedknowledgeandalmostallstudiesfromtheUK
• Follow-uptime1-10yearsof21-42children
• Nomajorpsychologicaldifferencesbetweenchildrenbornafter surrogacy, children born after gamete donation, and after natural conception
• NodifferencesinpsychologicaladjustmentbetweendifferentART groups
Söderström-Anttila et al., Hum Reprod Update 2016
Characteristics and motivations of surrogate mothers
• Heterogenousgroupofwomen–difficulttodrawconclusions • Commercialvsaltruisticsurrogates
• Gestatationalvstraditionalarrangements
• Knownandunknowntotheintendedparients
• Psychologicalprofileandcharacteristicsnormalinpsychological testing
• Moreflexibleregardingmoralandethicalprinciplestodowithtraditionalfamily values and the meaning of motherhood
• Theprimarymotivationreportedisempathyandaltruisticconcernfor infertile couples
• Moneynamedasaprimemotivebyonlyasmallnumberofthewomen Söderström-Anttila et al., Hum Reprod Update 2016
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