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Surrogacy is the process through which a women carries to term a child conceived with the egg of another woman.  It is most often used to allow women who are unable to carry a child, but whose eggs are viable, to have a genetically-related child.  Many surrogacies involve no financial considerations between the parties involved.  In other cases there may be an agreement to compensate the surrogate for expenses and, perhaps, lost wages, involved while carrying the child.  In still other surrogacies compensation may be agreed to that is more than compensatory. 

Some countries prohibit all surrogacy arrangements.  In other countries the practice is allowed, but compensation is limited to expenses, and perhaps lost wages.  Still other countries have no regulations and market-like conditions prevail. 

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