In July, researchers using data from the Society for Assisted Reproductive Technology Clinic Outcome Reporting System found that Chinese nationals make up the largest percentage of foreign surrogacy contracts in the United States. This report — in the journal Fertility and Sterility, which is published on behalf of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine — compared the demographics of domestic and international intended parents. The latter category refers to men and women who are foreign nationals but come to the United States to hire an American surrogate to bear their child(ren). The rent-a-womb industry is disproportionately fueled by Chinese nationals (13.4 percent), followed by France (2.9 percent).
Birthright citizenship stems from a contested interpretation of the 14th Amendment, which is intended to ensure that all children born in the United States gain and maintain the full rights of U.S. citizenship. Such children receive a birth certificate, a Social Security number, a passport, and access to education services. Australia’s birthright citizenship law requires a child to remain in-country for a decade to secure citizenship. In the U.S., by contrast, surrogate-born children need only be born here, even if they’ll spend much of their lives in their parents’ country of origin.
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