, including blood thinners, and eventually leading to a uterine ablation, meaning that she would no longer be able to have a period.
“It’s to make sure that it’s not a guise for human trafficking, so you can’t be taking advantage of somebody who’s low income or bribing somebody to have your baby or in a sense, purchasing a child,” Roman said. Gestational surrogacy, which is when a surrogate does not have a genetic link to the child, was first achieved in 1985.
Leah Potter is the program director of Family Choice Surrogacy, a surrogate agency in Fishers, Indiana. Her operation works with 30 to 40 parents and surrogates every year, ensuring surrogates are fully screened, and protections are set in place for parents and surrogates. Unlike Florida, Indiana statutes say, “It is against public policy to enforce any term of a surrogate agreement and that surrogate agreements formed after March 14, 1988, is void.”.