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Surrogacy has existed since ancient time. Depending on the way of creating an embryo, two types of surrogacy differ, traditional and gestational. When it comes to monetary compensation, two types of surrogacy exist, altruistic and commercialized. A lot of questions come to light such as: Is the altruistic surrogacy a humane gesture for all contracted parties? What if the mother changes her mind? Do the babies born of surrogacy mothers have rights? In North Macedonia, surrogacy was introduced for the first time in 2014 in the amended Law on Biomedicine and Assisted Fertilization. It was a novelty having in mind that in the Law of 2008 the surrogacy as a practice was outlawed. The amended law applies the term gestational carrier and provides a liberal stance in comparison to the Law as of 2008. The objective of the brief study is to provide an overview of surrogacy as a process in national context emphasizing legislation. Many provisions in national legislation are still unclear. Surrogacy should be seen from all perspectives and all advantages and disadvantages should be carefully considered.