NY to end ban on surrogate pregnancy

NY to end ban on surrogate pregnancy

FILE - This Feb. 16, 2017 file photo shows newborn babies in the nursery of a postpartum recovery center in upstate New York. U.S. birth rates dropped for the fifth year in a row in 2019, producing the smallest number of babies in 35 years, according to numbers which were released Wednesday, May 20, 2020, by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)

NEW YORK (AP) — New York’s longstanding ban on commercial surrogate pregnancy is about to end nine years after a bill to rescind it was first introduced. It has been one of a handful of states still prohibiting the procedure through which a woman is paid to bear a baby she’s not related to biologically. Experts say the new law has a bill of rights providing the nation’s strongest protections for surrogates. Among the provisions are the right to independent legal representation, a guarantee of comprehensive medical coverage, and the right to make their own health care decisions. That includes whether to terminate or continue a pregnancy.

 

Photo: FILE – This Feb. 16, 2017 file photo shows newborn babies in the nursery of a postpartum recovery center in upstate New York. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)