Concerned about losing access to pregnancy care, and fearful of legal consequences, surrogates and those who work with them are rewriting contracts and changing the way they operate.
Fetal personhood, which confers legal rights from conception, is an effort to push beyond abortion bans and classify the procedure as murder. In Georgia, it also means a $3,000 tax credit.
Democrats would love to defeat Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida in November. But first they must nominate a capable challenger, in a state where they seem to perpetually fall short.
The effort is aimed at keeping a constitutional amendment to guarantee abortion rights off the ballot. A voting access measure is also being challenged.