Michigan’s Monumental New Surrogacy Law Is Here! What Does It Do?

For decades, and across various partisan configurations of Michigan’s state government, the law has remained the same. But not anymore.

Excerpt: “For the past 36 years, Michiganders have been subject to strict anti-surrogacy laws when it comes to parenthood through assisted reproduction. In fact, Michigan currently stands alone as the only jurisdiction in the country to literally have criminal consequences for those taking part in a compensated surrogacy arrangement. And, even for uncompensated surrogacy arrangements, the participants have been forced to face long and arduous legal processes before the intended parents are recognized as parents of their own children.”

Ellen Trachman is the Managing Attorney of Trachman Law Center, LLC, and a regular contributor to the ‘AboveTheLaw’ platform.