House committee signs off on surrogacy regulations

By Michael Tarver

BATON ROUGE — The Louisiana House Government Affairs Committee passed a bill Wednesday defining the restrictions of surrogate pregnancies and detailing the process by which a woman can legally carry a child for another couple.

House Bill 1102 by Rep. Stuart Bishop, R-Lafayette, coasted through the committee without opposition though not without public opposition and advances to the full House for debate.

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