Answer :
Final answer:
The statement in the question is False. The correct term for the described scenario is a surrogate mother not an in vitro host mother. A gestational carrier carries a pregnancy through IVF, with no genetic link to the child.
Explanation:
The statement given is False. The correct term for a woman who is willing to be artificially inseminated by the male partner of a childless couple, carry the pregnancy to term, and then give the child to the couple after birth is a surrogate mother. A surrogate mother uses her own egg and the sperm of the male partner, which makes her the biological mother of the child.
In contrast, an in vitro host mother, more commonly referred to as a gestational carrier, is a woman who carries a pregnancy created by in vitro fertilization (IVF), using the egg and sperm of the couple (or donated egg/sperm), making her not genetically related to the child she carries. Therefore, in the case of a gestational carrier, the child is genetically related to the couple, or to the sperm and egg donors, not the carrier.
IVF can be considered when a woman has no viable eggs, suffers from blocked fallopian tubes, or in cases of immunologic infertility, among other reasons. For a woman with no viable eggs, using a surrogate mother or a gestational carrier with an IVF procedure can provide a pathway to parenthood.
