Assisted Reproduction was first made known to the general public back in 1978 when the first child was born in the UK using IVF. Since then, medical innovation and progress has helped intended parents with medical issues, such as infertility, to become parents whilst at the same time creating the need to regulate the emerging new family relationships, such as those through surrogacy.
Surrogacy is considered as one of the most controversial issues not only in the field of Assisted Reproduction but also in regards to bioethics, religion and social acceptance. In many European countries the process of becoming a parent through surrogate motherhood is explicitly prohibited.