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No longer an outlier: New York ends commercial surrogacy ban
New York s longstanding ban on commercial surrogate pregnancy is about to end nine years after a bill to rescind it was first introduced
By DAVID CRARY AP National Writer
February 14, 2021, 6:34 PM
• 5 min read
The Associated Press
New York State Senator Brad Hoylman, left, with his husband David Sigal, right, pose with their daughters Lucy Hoylman-Sigal, 3, left, and Silvia Hoylman-Sigal, 10, both born through surrogacy, Saturday Feb. 6, 2021, in New York. Sen. Hoylman is the lead sponsor of a New York State law taking effect on Feb. 15 that legalizes commercial surrogacy. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)
IVF baby is on a mission to help other women become moms with the doc who helped conceive her by her side 15 January 2021 - 06:00 Kate Solomons alongside Dr Antonio Rodrigues who helped her parents conduct an IVF procedure to have her back in 1996. Image: Twitter / Kate Solomons
A Johannesburg-born woman who was conceived via in vitro fertilisation (IVF) has embarked on a mission to donate her eggs to help other women who want to be mothers to fulfil their dreams.
And in a beautiful twist of fate, the same doctor who helped Kate Solomons’ parents to have her is now helping in her third egg-donation procedure.