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, is called the Michigan Family Protection Act by supporters, and repeals the ban on renting wombs that has been in place in the state since 1988. The package also boosts protections for in vitro fertilization in the wake of the Alabama Supreme Court’s“ is a package of common sense, long overdue changes to remove criminal prohibitions on surrogacy, to protect families formed by IVF and to ensure LGBTQ+ parents are treated equally,” Whitmer said at bill-signing event in Royal Oak.
“Parental surrogacy has been taking place in Michigan in the years since the ban on compensated surrogacy agreements was put in place, but parents and surrogates said during committee testimony on the bills the practice was difficult, forcing parents to go through lengthy adoption processes for their own biological children,”its main aim is to “create a clear, legal link between parents and the children born in assisted reproduction.
Surrogacy has made headlines in the recent past for its ties to abortion, with horror stories of parents allegedly pressuring surrogates to abort the baby or babies for various reasons (seeSpecific performance is not a remedy available for breach by a surrogate of a provision in the agreement that the surrogate be impregnated, terminate a pregnancy, or submit to medical procedures,” indicating a surrogate could not be forced to have an abortion by parents if the surrogacy contract is breached.
Women who are compensated for surrogacy can make between $50,000 to $110,000 from a someone or a couple seeking a child,
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