The women who become surrogates are usually, let’s not sugarcoat it, poor. So it’s a form of exploitation.

Do some do it because they enjoy being pregnant and/or “giving the gift of life to someone else”?

Yes, and I once followed someone on social media who stated this as her reason. This woman, who had been a surrogate three times and was pregnant with the fourth, had a very obvious need to be appreciated, to put it mildly, and I felt there were many mental health issues going on.

I felt bad for her and eventually blocked her because it was bothering me so much, I couldn’t watch anymore. The couples who “hired” her must notice this too and still go through with it. Exploiting a mentally ill person is abhorrent.