%0 Journal Article
%T Consideration of the gestational carrier: an Ethics Committee opinion - Fertility and Sterility
%A Elena Gates
%A Elizabeth Ginsburg
%A Ethics Committee of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine
%A Ginny Ryan
%A Jean Benward
%A Joseph Davis
%A Judith Daar
%A Julianne Zweifel
%A Laurence McCullough
%A Lee Collins
%A Leslie Francis
%A Lynn Westphal
%A Mark Sauer
%A Owen Davis
%A Richard Paulson
%A Richard Reindollar
%A Sean Tipton
%A Sigal Klipstein
%A Susan Gitlin
%J Fertility and Sterility
%D 2018
%R https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fertnstert.2018.08.029
%X Intended parents engage with gestational carriers in an attempt to achieve their personal reproductive goals. All gestational carriers have a right to be fully informed of the risks as well as the contractual and legal aspects of the gestational-carrier process. Gestational carriers have autonomy in making their own decisions regarding medical care and should be free from undue influences by the stakeholders involved. They should have free access to and receive psychological evaluation and counseling before, during, and after participating. Gestational carriers require independent legal counsel regarding the execution of contracts. This document replaces the document of the same name, last published in 2013 (Fertil Steril 2013;99:1838¨C1841).
%U https://www.fertstert.org/article/S0015-0282(18)31838-7/fulltext