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These individuals are appropriately regarded as third\u2010party participants in assisted reproductive technology (ART) procedures. Surrogates, however, engage in gestational labour which implies a sustained, embodied, and relational form of care fundamentally distinct from the technical or procedural contributions of other third\u2010party participants. This distinction calls into question the adequacy of classifying surrogates as mere third\u2010party contributors. This article rejects that classification and argues that the procreative responsibilities of surrogates are better understood as\n                    <jats:italic>proto\u2010parental<\/jats:italic>\n                    responsibilities grounded on the normative significance of gestation. These responsibilities constitute a prior stage of parenthood, providing the moral basis for subsequent parental rights and obligations. In advancing this view, this article critically engages with the professional model proposed by Ruth Walker and Liezl van Zyl, according to which surrogates' procreative responsibilities should be understood in professional terms. I argue that the professional model undermines the surrogate's reproductive autonomy, trivialises the moral significance of gestation, and obscures the moral importance of the connection between gestation and parenthood. By contrast, the account developed here argues that\n                    <jats:italic>proto\u2010parental<\/jats:italic>\n                    responsibilities arise from gestational proximity and the pregnant woman's capacity to cultivate relationship goods foundational to the parent\u2013child relationship.\n                  <\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1111\/bioe.70153","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,7,6]],"date-time":"2026-07-06T14:15:16Z","timestamp":1783347316000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Surrogacy and the Moral Significance of Gestation: Reassessing Procreative Responsibilities"],"prefix":"10.1111","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-2403-2886","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Maria\u2010Jose","family":"Pietrini\u2010Sanchez","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Universidad Panamericana Mexico City Mexico"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"311","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,7,6]]},"reference":[{"key":"e_1_2_11_2_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"55","DOI":"10.1007\/s10677-011-9330-7","article-title":"On Procreative Responsibility in Assisted and Collaborative Reproduction","volume":"16","author":"Fahmy M. 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