Finally, and most concerning, under H.4672, Massachusetts would allow for commercial surrogacy both in cases wherein the woman carrying the child is genetically unrelated to the child and in cases where she is exchanging her biological child for money.
Before naysayers object that the above scenario sounds far-fetched, we have already seen the sale of children take place under the mantle of surrogacy.
In 2011, three California women were convicted of running an illegal baby-selling ring under the guise of a surrogacy agency.
While the women did break California's surrogacy laws, the existence of legal surrogacy in California enabled them to operate undetected for years.
All the more troubling, Section 28N(d) of the bill addresses the scenario in which a child of surrogacy is alleged to have been conceived not through assisted reproduction, but by natural means.
That's to say, this bill could allow a woman to accept money in exchange for sex as long as she conceives and then relinquishes her parental rights so the father could raise the child-thus combining both prostitution and child trafficking in one terrible clause.
Unseen exploitation of both women and children could occur so long as the flimsy requirements for a surrogacy agreement are met.
https://thefederalist.com/2024/06/11/ma-bill-would-allow-women-to-sell-their-unborn-children/
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