Surrogacy news

Virginia May Become A Little Less Discriminatory, But It’s Still In The Yellow Zone

This past month the Virginia State House passed HB1979. The bill makes certain updates to the state’s Assisted Conception Statute governing surrogacy.

The changes are positive and include (1) the replacement of the old-school terms “husband” and “wife” with gender-neutral language; (2) the singularizing of “intended parents” to permit unmarried Virginians to become parents through surrogacy; and (3) new language permitting intended parents to use donated embryos (aka not be genetically related to the child) and still undergo surrogacy.

Read the entire story, abovethelaw.com/2019/03/virginia-may-become-a-little-less-discriminatory-but-its-still-in-the-yellow-zone/

Resource: Above the Law