Abstract
Assisted reproduction with gestational carriers is practiced with increasing frequency, but there is little consistency in the laws surrounding this option for family building. The legal goal is to obtain parental rights for those who choose to build their families through surrogacy, but whether this can be accomplished, and how, varies from state to state. Balancing what may be competing interests, and proceeding, in many places, without clear laws, exposes a minefield of complexities. The combined efforts of clinicians, including mental health professionals, and legal experts, allow the majority of these matters to proceed with minimal disruption.
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Swain, M.E. (2014). Surrogacy and Gestational Carrier Arrangements: Legal Aspects. In: Goldfarb, J. (eds) Third-Party Reproduction. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-7169-1_6
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