Bill targeting paid surrogate brokers moves on - Senate panel OKs bill to make arranging surrogacy births for money a misdemeanor
By Kevin Corcoran The Hamilton County adoption of twins born to a surrogate mother could spark a change in state law making it a crime to be paid for arranging surrogate births. The Senate Judiciary Committee voted unanimously Wednesday to recommend Senate passage of a bill that would punish people who arrange surrogate births in exchange for anything of value. They would face misdemeanor convictions and up to a year in jail and a $5,000 fine for each offense.
For anyone interested in knowing the true story about surrogacy and the specific case referenced in this article, feel free to contact me. Or, you can accept as true the words of a reporter who has violated the law by publishing material that, under Indiana law, was confidential, and who is fed information by people who are so completely against surrogacy that they feel the need to craft a law that harms the infertile community in ways that they cannot imagine. Remember, this is the same bill that one of Indiana's senators tried to amend that would have said the following: "A court may not grant an adoption if the petitioner is a homosexual." Think about the racist author of that bill, then think about a reporter who delights in perpetuating publicity about 2 little girls who have done absolutely nothing to harm anyone. They are loved, they are cared for, and we should all be so lucky to be raised with that kind of stability in our lives. THAT is the side of the story that this particular reporter, and the bill that would penalize someone just because they can't have a child, chooses to ignore.
Interesting...