Posts by Evie Jeang
Parentage and the Importance of Contracts for Surrogates
In a recent surrogacy case that is sweeping the news, a California woman discovered that she became pregnant with her own biological child while she was carrying another baby as a surrogate for a Chinese couple. This is caused by a rare medical phenomenon known as superfetation. This occurs when a mother continues to ovulate…
Read MoreIs Surrogacy Legal Where You Live? Here’s Why It Might Be Banned
Commercial surrogacy is banned in most of the world – however, unlike many countries, laws on surrogacy in the United States can differ between each state. These laws extend over several factors of surrogacy, including the allowance of surrogacy contracts, provision of pre- or post-birth orders, requiring additional post-birth legal procedures, and the naming of…
Read MoreThe Effect of Taiwan’s Same-Sex Marriage Ruling on Surrogacy
On May 24, 2017, Taiwan became the first Asian country to legalize same-sex marriage. In doing so, it not only opened the doors for same-sex couples wanting to marry, but also provided them with the opportunity to have children by a surrogate. One of the issues that previously prevented same-sex couples, more specifically, those in…
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