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When abortion and surrogacy law collide, contracts can’t answer the hardest questions

2026-10-09T12:10:00.000Z

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From The Conversation · Health

Who controls a pregnancy is one question surrogacy contracts struggle to answer. skaman306/Moment via Getty Surrogacy arrangements – agreements for someone to carry a pregnancy for the intended parents – have existed for millennia, and modern surrogacy contracts for half a century.

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Places: United States

Institutions: Supreme Court

Topics: Supreme Court, Federalism, Markets

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  1. The Conversation · Health — When abortion and surrogacy law collide, contracts can’t answer the hardest questions