Supreme Court Won’t Look at California Surrogacy Law

A dispute over California’s surrogacy law was denied review by the U.S. Supreme Court today.

Surrogacy is generally governed by state law. The Supreme Court’s decision not to hear the case keeps the federal courts out of the process.

Here, Melissa Cook agreed to be a surrogate mother and signed a contract to give up her parental rights and surrender any children to C.M. when they were born. After being impregnated, Cook learned she was carrying three fetuses.

When Cook and C.M. disagreed over whether she should carry all three to term, she challenged the constitutionality of the state law ...