Each year at this time we look back over the past twelve months with an eye toward identifying those whose lives and work actively promoted and affirmed a truly human future, and those who did not. Winners: Stephanie Packer is...
Read More1. Surrogacy Bill Becomes Law in Louisiana Louisiana Governor Edwards has signed into law a bill that makes surrogacy contracts enforceable in his state. Former Louisiana Governor Jindal vetoed similar legislation in 2013 and...
Read MoreNote: The following letter is being sent on Monday, May 16, 2016, to all members of the Louisiana State Senate Louisiana State Senate P.O. Box 94183 Baton Rouge, LA 70804 Dear Members of the Louisiana State Senate, I am writing...
Read More1. Surrogacy Bill in Louisiana Here we go again. After two previous attempts—thankfully vetoed by then Governor Bobby Jindal—another surrogacy bill has been introduced in the state of Louisiana. This new bill has passed the...
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To: Members of the Louisiana Legislature As I write, I know that many of you are not happy with...
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We have just learned that Governor Jindal has vetoed H.B. 187, which would have opened the door to...
Read MoreOn April 1 the Louisiana House passed H.B. 187, a gestational surrogacy bill that would provide a legal framework for women to enter into a contract in order to carry, deliver, and surrender a child at birth to an infertile...
Read MoreThe Louisiana Legislature recently passed a bill that threatened to transform the state into our version of India–a country in which destitute and desperate women are exploited for their gestational capacities by a surrogacy...
Read MoreLouisiana State Senator Gary Smith took his cues from Hollywood in promoting his new bill legalizing commercial contract pregnancies (gestational surrogacy) in his state. Jennifer parses Senator Smith’s assertion that...
Read MoreIndia has long been an international center of biological colonialism, including a shameful industry in surrogate motherhood, in which desperate destitute women sell their gestational capacities — occasionally at the cost...
Read MoreMay 8, 2013 Members of the Louisiana House of Representatives: We are writing to urge your rejection of SB 162, a bill that would allow commercial surrogacy or contract pregnancy in Louisiana. The inevitable consequence of this...
Read MoreIt passed! Now all that needs to happen is the Governor, Bobby Jindal to sign it into law. And of course he supports the measure. The funding of human cloning research down in Louisiana has been banned! Great news for that state...
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