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Texas Targets Surrogacy and Birth Tourism | Austin News
Texas lawmakers are pushing to ban commercial surrogacy and crack down on “birth tourism” amid fears foreign nationals are using the state as a loophole to secure U.S. citizenship for their children — a concern amplified by a recent Supreme Court ruling. While surrogacy births are still a small fraction of total births, GOP leaders have made eliminating the practice a top legislative priority, calling it “destructive.” Investigations are underway after a hospital was accused of advertising “birth packages” to international clients — though the hospital says the ad was misunderstood. Advocates…
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