Carrier-first means budget-first
A gestational-carrier file is not ethical if the carrier's protection is treated as an optional add-on. Compensation, health coverage, housing, transport, nutrition, psychological support and independent counsel must be scoped before the route is sold as viable.
Minimum safeguards
- Medical eligibility for all parties.
- Independent legal counsel for the carrier and intended parents.
- Autonomous informed consent, without coercion.
- Insurance and contingency planning.
- Psychological support and privacy protection.
- Parentage and return-home document map.
Why First Light Fertility screens first
Cross-border parentage and gestational-carrier files can fail legally, medically or operationally. Screening first protects the carrier, the child and the intended parents from a package that should never have been sold.