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Article: Group says surrogacy bill allows for `baby selling'; A conservative organization criticized a proposal to set standards for agreements signed by surrogate mothers, but proponents said the law would protect women.(NEWS)
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- Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN)
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- April 9, 2008
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Byline: MIKE KASZUBA; STAFF WRITER
As a Senate floor debate approaches, one group Tuesday criticized legislation that would establish requirements for surrogate mother agreements, saying Minnesota was about to "legalize the selling of babies."
The Minnesota Family Council used the stories of three surrogate mothers at a Capitol news conference in an attempt to build opposition to the legislation, which could get a Senate floor vote as early as Thursday. Advocates for the legislation, including Sen. Linda Higgins, DFL-Minneapolis, the chief Senate author, countered that the proposal would reliably establish the legal parentage of children born through such agreements ...
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