UTAH SENATE DEFINES LEGAL PARENTAGE, EXCLUDES UNMARRIED COUPLES FROM SURROGACY: The Washington Blade

The Utah Senate last week unanimously passed a 48-page bill that would amend, repeal or enact 121 different sections in the Utah Code redefining the legal rights of a mother, father and child. The Uniform Parentage Act’s sponsor Sen. Lyle Hillyard (R-Logan) said the bill is needed to replace parts of a 14-year-old surrogacy law struck down by a federal judge last year. Under current law, it is a class B misdemeanor to contract with a woman to carry a child for profit. The law also requires the name of the surrogate be listed on a birth certificate as the legal mother. Hillyard's bill would change that to allow married couples that are unable to have a child to pay a surrogate and be recorded as the legal parents. But couples arranging a surrogate pregnancy must be married, excluding cohabiting and gay couples.

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