OLYMPIA — Washington may soon let surrogate mothers get paid for the babies they deliver.
The House approved a bill allowing women to sign contracts with intended parents that will pay them “reasonable compensation” plus medical, legal and other costs associated with the pregnancy.
It passed Monday on a largely partisan 57-41 vote following an impassioned debate in which supporters said it will strengthen families while foes said it will spawn creation of baby-making factories.
“It’s a good thing,” Rep. Mary Helen Roberts, D-Lynnwood, said Tuesday. It will “help families who can’t have children on their own.”
Surrogacy for compensation is allowed with restrictions in California, Colorado, Illinois, Massachusetts, North Carolina and Texas.
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