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.
The murky world of surrogacy in Mexico
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.
Surrogacy money scandal leaves parents-to-be in limbo nightmare
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.
Mass. House votes to expand the definition of ‘parent’
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.
As Michigan legalizes surrogacy, here’s how families found ways around the ban
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.
Decriminalization of paid surrogacy heads to the governor, despite Republican opposition
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.
International Approaches to Surrogacy Regulation
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.
Va. House passes bill lifting prohibition on for-profit surrogacy brokers
Virginia Mercury | February 1, 2024
A 30-year-old statute criminalizing the use of coercive tactics to pressure women to become surrogate mothers has been lifted by the Virginia House of Delegates. Lawmakers said the law had never been used and that other legal protections for surrogates suffice.
Opinion: New York needs better regulation of commercial surrogacy and sperm and egg donations
City and State NY | November 15, 2023
A New York Senator discusses legislation she introduced intended to strengthen the state’s surrogacy law, with the goal of safeguarding all parties involved in gamete donation and surrogacy arrangements.
NY State Senator Liz Krueger introduced the bill in a press conference, which can be viewed here.
Bills aim to update Michigan’s surrogacy laws
Woodtv | October 25, 2023
Proposed bills in Michigan would repeal the state’s Surrogate Parenting Act and replace it with new legislation that would decriminalize surrogacy, make it easier for intended parents to establish legal parentage, and allow children born via surrogacy to receive a birth certificate.