To protect your rights as parents-to-be — and the rights of the child you are hoping to have — hire an lawyer who focuses on reproductive regulation in your state. They can write a surrogacy contract that clearly spells out what everybody needs to do. Parental rights aren’t assured after a surrogate pregnancy. The law continues to change as reproductive technology and the very definition of a “mother or father” changes. The American Society for Reproductive Medicine accepts certain household ties as acceptable for surrogates.
I Understood My Mom, When I Became A Mother
