The article analyzes the concept of surrogate motherhood, its types and national and foreign norms regulating this relationship. It also analyzes the US experience and the current importance of surrogate motherhood, as well as the requirements for future surrogate parents.

Surrogate motherhood, traditional and gestational surrogacy, surrogate parenting agreement

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