The first bill, the “Protecting Kids from Creeps Act,” would prohibit registered sex offenders from entering surrogacy agreements or obtaining parental rights through assisted reproduction. It would also impose penalties on surrogacy agencies that facilitate such arrangements. The idea that the legal system must explicitly prohibit sex offenders from accessing children through surrogacy highlights a deeper structural failure: assumptions about safety and eligibility in assisted reproduction have not been adequately codified into law. The fact that Congress is now advancing legislation to explicitly bar sex offenders from accessing children through surrogacy underscores a fundamental truth: reproductive technology has advanced far faster than the legal frameworks meant to govern it.
The second bill, the “Preventing International Surrogacy Exploitation Act,” would prohibit foreign nationals from obtaining children through U.S.-based surrogacy arrangements. In practical terms, it would close the American surrogacy market to international intended parents and address a growing area of concern within the billion-dollar global fertility industry.
Supporters view these measures as overdue safeguards that should have been in place from the beginning.