A bill legalizing the practice of surrogacy is backed by the governor, fertility groups and LGBTQ activists, but opposed by some feminists and the Roman Catholic Church.
Other states fall in a gray area: While only New York, Louisiana and Michigan currently ban paid surrogacy contracts outright, the rest fall somewhere in the middle, allowing surrogacy but only under specific circumstances, like for married couples and those using their own sperm and egg as opposed to donors’.
About a dozen states have laws explicitly making commercial surrogacy legal; others have no laws at all, meaning surrogacy is allowed by default.
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