Under Canadian law, being a surrogate is not illegal, but payment for the service of surrogacy is. Stephanie Plante, who was a surrogate for a same-sex couple in Spain, thinks women should be trusted to make decisions about their bodies, and be compensated accordingly. Surrogacy is 'priceless'Heather Jopling was a surrogate for a college friend and his husband. "We don't celebrate something like selling organs, selling bone marrow, selling skin, selling blood, selling plasma," Françoise Baylis said on CBC's Information Morning: Nova Scotia on Thursday. Under the law, surrogates can be reimbursed for pregnancy-related expenses, but only if they provide proof of payment.

Source: CBC News March 30, 2018 16:41 UTC