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➤ SURROGACY, from p.22
means that such reforms could
eventually alleviate some of the
healthcare costs of surrogacy.
The dispute over the future of
surrogacy in the state continued
into this year when Manhattan
State Senator Liz Krueger and
Assemblymember Didi Barrett of
Dutchess and Columbia Counties
introduced a separate surrogacy
bill that would have included,
among other provisions, a controversial
eight-day window during
which the surrogate and intended
parents would share legal responsibility
for the child — raising questions
about whether the surrogate
might refuse to turn the child over
or seek some ongoing legal relationship
with them — something
Hoylman described in a February
interview with Gay City News as a
“non-starter.”
The eight-day window was not
included in the fi nal version of
Hoylman and Paulin’s bill, but
some elements of Krueger’s legislation
appear to have been incorporated,
such as additional protections
for the surrogate and the
egg donor. Hoylman and Paulin
had long defended their own bill
as boasting the “strongest protections
in the nation for surrogates”
by placing signifi cant responsibility
on the intended parents to pay
for her healthcare, legal representation,
and other costs tied to the
pregnancy. Additional protections
for egg donors were also included
in this year’s bill.
A key piece of the fi nal legislation
that passed on April 2, dubbed the
Child-Parent Security Act, includes
the right of intended parents to obtain
an “order of parentage” from a
court ahead of the birth, meaning
that the order goes into effect immediately
when the baby is born.
And while Krueger and Barrett’s
bill called for a one-year residency
requirement for intended parents,
the Child-Parent Security Act
➤ IDAHO DISCRIMINATION, from p.22
gender. Notably, the very nature
of confi rming a student’s gender is
rife with inconclusive criteria and
disregards the scientifi c reality of
gender fl uidity.
Meanwhile, the legislation banning
trans people from altering
comes with a compromise: At least
one of the intended parents must
be a resident of the state for at least
six months before the surrogacy
agreement is completed.
A spokesperson for Krueger did
not respond to multiple requests
for comment about the bill on April
2.
Hoylman and Paulin — who said
she experienced fertility issues of
her own — celebrated the bill’s
passage as the budget was approved.
Paulin spoke of the “pain
and suffering” tied to the obstacles
that can arise when trying to have
a child.
“This law will allow families to
avoid much of that pain by giving
them the opportunity to have a
family in New York and not travel
around the country, incurring exorbitant
costs simply because they
want to be parents,” Paulin said,
adding that the legislation will
“bring New York law in line with
the needs of modern families.”
Hoylman said, “My husband and
I had our two daughters through
surrogacy — but we had to travel
3,000 miles away to California in
order to do it. As a gay dad, I’m
thrilled parents like us and people
struggling with infertility will
fi nally have the chance to create
their own families through surrogacy
here in New York.”
Governor Andrew Cuomo was a
strong backer of the surrogacy legislation
proposed by Hoylman and
Paulin. He hosted multiple events
aimed at rallying support for the
bill last year and trotted out celebrities
like Bravo’s Andy Cohen, who
had a child through surrogacy, to
promote the legislation.
The governor aggressively
pushed the bill again this year, including
it in his State of the State
agenda for the year and unveiling
a “Love Makes a Family” campaign
featuring a petition, a council with
two dozen members, and a campaign
web page featuring video
testimonials.
birth certifi cates contained remarkably
bizarre language that
went to great lengths to justify outdated
perceptions of gender and
sex.
“The equal protection clause of
the fourteenth amendment to the
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