Democrat Michigan Gov. Whitmer Signs Pro-LGBT Law Allowing Paid Surrogacy, Protecting IVF

Stephen Kokx : Apr 5, 2024
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The misleadingly named 'Michigan Family Protection Act' overturns the state's ban on commercial surrogacy from 1988 and earned the condemnation of Catholic leaders and pro-lifers.

(Royal Oak, MI) — [LifeSiteNews.com] Pro-lifers in Michigan are condemning Democratic Governor Gretchen Whitmer for signing into law a pro-LGBT bill that allows women to be compensated for renting their wombs to people who are looking to obtain a child through surrogacy. (Screengrab image)

On Monday at a press conference in Royal Oak, Whitmer approved the misleadingly named "Michigan Family Protection Act." Among other things, the package of nine bills overturns the state's 36-year-old Surrogate Parenting Act, which outlawed the unethical practice of paid surrogacy in 1988. It also ensures in vitro fertilization.

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"This is the most pro-family thing that the legislature has done," Whitmer absurdly claimed at the event.  

Right to Life (RTL) Michigan and the Michigan Catholic Conference (MCC) have both issued stinging rebukes of the changes, which will go into effect three months after the 2024 legislative session due to the Senate not obtaining two-thirds approval. 

"For profit surrogacy contracts that pay females for the use of their reproductive means violate the inherent dignity of women and unethically allow children to be the subject of a contract. The practice of surrogacy undermines the significant prenatal bond formed between a child and the mother who nurtured him or her through birth," MCC said in a press statement earlier this week... Subscribe for free to Breaking Christian News here

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