Progress Educational Trust BioNews | July 21, 2025
Investigating allegations of child abuse, California authorities discovered that a couple running a surrogacy agency in the state had 21 children via surrogates who did not know that the couple were the intended parents. Amid ongoing investigations, the children are in state custody.
The Conversation | March 5, 2025
Trump’s (blocked) order to end US birthright citizenship would jeopardize legal recognition of LGBTQ+ parents and leave some children born through assisted reproduction stateless.
Modern Diplomacy | October 30, 2024
Surrogacy continues to be banned or restricted in many countries, in part due to concerns related to child welfare and exploitation of surrogates. With shifting social norms related to family structure, some countries are reconsidering their regulation around surrogacy.
Gothamist | October 28, 2024
A new benefit will allow non-union New York City employees to be reimbursed up to $10,000 for expenses from surrogacy and other family formation services, including adoption and gamete donation.
Mexico News Daily | July 18, 2024
International agencies promote surrogacy in Mexico even though there is no federal regulation, and explicit laws on surrogacy exist in only 4 states. Mexico’s Supreme Court legalized surrogacy in 2021, but lack of adequate regulation leaves open the door to human rights violations, with no legal recourse for the parties involved.
NBC News | July 3, 2024
Millions of dollars deposited in escrow accounts by families working with surrogates has gone missing. The FBI is investigating the escrow company that appears to have taken the funds intended for the surrogates.
WGBH | June 12, 2024
In an effort to update state law to match other LGBTQ-friendly family policies in the state, Massachusetts representatives unanimously voted in favor of a bill that would establish pathways for legal parentage for people using IVF and surrogacy to build their families.
NPR | April 2, 2024
Until new state legislation decriminalized compensated surrogacy this month, Michigan was the only U.S. state with a sweeping criminal ban on surrogacy. Families worked around the ban by seeking surrogates in other states, legally adopting their children, and pursuing informal surrogacy arrangements.
Michigan Advance | March 19, 2024
Michigan’s state legislature passed a nine-bill package that will decriminalize compensated surrogacy and set new surrogacy standards related to parentage, legal contracts, and who can be a surrogate. The legislation now goes to Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, who many expect will sign it.
The Regulatory Review | March 2, 2024
In the absence of an international legal framework, country-specific legislation on surrogacy spans a spectrum. This article summarizes a range of perspectives on the benefits and risks of surrogacy and features research analyzing various approaches to regulation.
