{"id":18870,"date":"2017-09-15T17:15:34","date_gmt":"2017-09-15T17:15:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/?p=18870"},"modified":"2017-09-15T22:42:20","modified_gmt":"2017-09-15T22:42:20","slug":"gay-couple-denied-baby-surrogate-challenge-utah-law","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/2017\/09\/gay-couple-denied-baby-surrogate-challenge-utah-law\/","title":{"rendered":"Gay couple denied baby through surrogate challenge Utah law"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nA gay couple denied the chance to have a baby via surrogate challenged a Utah law\u2019s reference to heterosexual parents in a case that illustrates the legal complications LGBT couples can face when starting families amid a national patchwork of surrogacy laws.<\/p>\n

via AP<\/a><\/p>\n

The case came before the Utah Supreme Court after a judge refused to approve the couple\u2019s surrogacy agreement. The judge in southern Utah cited references to a mother in the law\u2019s requirement that prospective parents prove a woman can\u2019t have children without health serious risk before they turn to surrogacy.<\/p>\n

That discriminates against male same-sex couples who want to start a family, said Edwin Wall, an attorney for the two men who want to remain anonymous.<\/p>\n

Utah Attorney General Sean Reyes won\u2019t stand in the couple\u2019s way. State lawyers didn\u2019t appear before the high court and said in court documents that the law should be read as gender-neutral.<\/p>\n

Some state Supreme Court justices, though, questioned whether that is enough or part of the law should be struck down.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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