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Supreme Court restores access to abortion pill

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Surrogacy laws are all over the map

A choropleth map categorizing U.S. states by legal status of surrogacy arrangements. Gestational and genetic surrogacy is enforceable in 15 states, Gestational surrogacy is enforceable in 14, and surrogacy is unregulated in 15.

Legal status of surrogacy agreements, 2026

Data: Surrogacy360; Map: Alex Fitzpatrick/Axios

Surrogacy goes more mainstream

A column chart that shows annual gestational carrier cycles reported by U.S. clinics from 2004 to 2023. Cycles rose from 1,539 in 2004 to 11,515 in 2023, the peak.

Gestational carrier cycles reported by U.S. clinics

Data: Society for Assisted Reproductive Technology via American Society for Reproductive Medicine; Chart: Axios Visuals

The steep cost of surrogacy

She was born via surrogate. Now she wants to become one.

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