If I’ve had an abortion, can I still be a surrogate?

Learn the answer to this week's user-submitted question about surrogacy in this week's installment of Ask a Surrogacy Expert! Have a question about surrogacy that you'd like answered? Submit it at brightfuturesfamilies.com/ask

The main update confirms that having had an abortion does not disqualify someone from being a surrogate, provided it is not the most recent pregnancy.

• Amanda clarified the policy that surrogates can have had an abortion before but not as their latest pregnancy.

• Medical records must be collected to check for any complications such as significant blood loss.

• This ensures the surrogate’s health status is clear and safe for the process.

• The guidance supports expanding the surrogate candidate pool without compromising medical safety.

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Transcript: Hey, everyone, it's Amanda Kinnard-Fuchsgruber, Director of Bright Futures Families, with this week's Ask Question. And today's question is, if I've had an _abortion_, can I still be a surrogate? And the answer is, yes, it just cannot be your most recent pregnancy. We also will still need to gather those medical records because we want to see if there were any complications, if there was significant blood loss, anything like that. So it is still important to be able to gather those records and make sure that everything's okay. But you can have had an _abortion_ and still be a surrogate. It just can't be your most recent pregnancy. If you have any other questions, let us know. Thanks.