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Parenthood by Proxy: The proposed new law
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Senate Bill 14, sponsored by Sen. Lyle Hillyard, R-Logan, would allow Utah judges to approve gestational surrogacy contracts when:

* The surrogate and intended parents are Utah residents.

* The surrogate has undergone at least one pregnancy and is capable of undertaking another.

* The intended parents are married and the wife is unable to bear a child.

Such contracts must:

* Not limit the right of the surrogate to make decisions to safeguard her health and the baby's health.

* Cover the surrogate's health expenses; any payment to her must be "reasonable."

* Include an agreement by the gestational surrogate, and her husband if she is married, to relinquish all rights to the child. The intended parents must assume all responsibility for the child.

* Allow the surrogate, her husband and the intended parents to terminate the agreement after it has been signed, but not after an embryo is transferred.

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