What is the difference between an Agency and a Matching Service?
A lot of matching services claim to be an agency. The truth is, a matching service introduces Intended Parents to a Surrogate, and that is where their job ends. Many Intended Parents and Surrogates find out, too late, that what they thought was an agency, is, in fact, a matching service. A quality agency screens and educates its surrogates, introduces the Intended Parents to a Surrogate specific to their needs, arranges legal counsel for both the contract and to finalize legal parentage, is involved in all clinical aspects of the surrogacy, and provides support throughout the entire pregnancy. Intended Parents hire an agency to find a Surrogate, but they also hire the agency to provide their Surrogate with support that only an organization with experience unique to surrogacy can offer.
