Thursday, August 9, 2012

Christie vetoes ‘gestational surrogacy’ bill, arguing for more study

Governor Christie on Wednesday vetoed a bill that would have allowed residents to contract with — and pay — women to carry a donated embryo to term, saying such “profound change in the traditional beginnings of a family” needed more legislative study — an assertion criticized by the bill’s Democrat sponsors.
“Permitting adults to contract with others regarding a child in such a manner unquestionably raises serious and significant issues,” Christie said. “I am not satisfied that these questions have been sufficiently studied by the Legislature at this time.”
But Assemblywoman Valerie Vainieri Huttle, D-Bergen, one of the bill’s sponsors, said she was disappointed the governor “punted.”
The bill, she said, would have prevented surrogacy from becoming a legal battleground because it would have defined the rights and responsibilities of all parties involved to ensure that such an arrangement is not entered into without great consideration.

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