What is surrogacy, and how does it differ from adoption?

Surrogacy is a method of assisted reproduction where a woman, known as a surrogate mother, carries a child for another person or couple. The surrogate mother is usually impregnated using in vitro fertilization (IVF), which involves fertilizing an egg with sperm in a laboratory and then transferring the resulting embryo to the surrogate mother's uterus. Adoption, on the other hand, is a legal process where a person or couple becomes the legal parent(s) of a child who is not biologically related to them. This can be done through various methods, such as agency adoption, independent adoption, or foster care adoption. Unli....