Paid Surrogacy now legal in the state of Michigan

Paid Surrogacy now legal in the state of Michigan

Stephanie Jones faced secondary infertility and explored surrogacy after a traumatic experience trying to have a second child. While recovering in a hospital, Jones learned that contractual and compensated surrogacy was banned in Michigan, which led her to advocate for change. Jones founded the Michigan Fertility Alliance, working with other advocates to legalize paid surrogacy in the state. A new law passed in Michigan outlines rights for paid …

Minister of Justice Annelies Verlinden (CD&V) confirmed in ‘De ochtend’ on Radio 1 that clear legal rules will be drawn up regarding surrogacy. This legal framework, which is also provided for in the coalition agreement, should help put an end to the existing problems regarding surrogacy that were also shown in the report of ‘Pano’ on Wednesday.

Prague's TOP 09 leader for the parliamentary elections, Jiří Pospíšil, recently announced that he will step down as deputy mayor. He and his partner have used surrogacy and will have a child. He has been criticized for this by some colleagues from the Spolu coalition, who say it is wrong for a politician to use grey areas. They want to ban cases like his by law.

Despite the absence of legal regulation, surrogacy is used in the Czech Republic. But a couple who cannot conceive or carry a child together is left in uncertainty as to whether the surrogate mother will hand over the child to them after birth. And surrogate mothers, on the other hand, must trust that the biological parents will take over the baby. Despite the risks, there are clinics that transfer the parents' embryos into the womb of surrogate…