Default Surrogacy laws are a Band-Aid, not a Cure
This column first appeared in the San Antonio Express News on September 27, 2016. In these limited circumstances, people need to call on their state’s Surrogate Consent Statute. Our book Thinking Beyond Tomorrow, discusses among many other issues, Advance Directives and Surrogate Consent Statutes. Here is an except that answers your question: As of 2014, most state legislatures have adopted a Default Surrogate Consent Statute to control who can provide informed consent for an