MFA in the News
Gov. Whitmer, flanked on the left by Stephanie Jones and on the right by Rep. Sam Steckloff, takes questions from the press after the signing of the MFPA on April 1st, 2024
April 2024—MFPA signing
CNN: Michigan governor signs act to decriminalize paid surrogacy contracts
NPR: As Michigan legalizes surrogacy, here's how families found ways around the ban
CBS: Paid surrogacy no longer a crime in Michigan after Whitmer signs MI Family Protection Act
NBC: Michigan ends ban on surrogacy contracts
Axios: Michigan decriminalizes paid surrogacy contracts
Detroit Free Press: Michigan to lift nation's only ban on paid surrogacy agreements
Click on Detroit: Michigan protects IVF, ends ban on surrogacy
WDET: Whitmer repeals ban on surrogacy contracts in Michigan
Scripps News: Paid surrogacy legalized in Michigan after gov. signs package of bills
WXYZ: Governor Whitmer signs Family Protection Act legalizing paid surrogacy in Michigan
March 2024
Stateside Podcast: In Michigan surrogacy can be a crime
CBS: Bill package to repeal paid surrogacy ban moves through Michigan Legislature
Michigan Public Radio: In Michigan, surrogacy can be a crime. That could be on the way to changing
Tuesday Talk: Surrogacy—Dispelling myths and paving the way
Michigan Political Podcast: Stephanie Jones on the Michigan Family Protection Act
Autumn 2023
Michigan Advance: Michigan is the only state that criminalizes surrogacy contracts, but bills aim to change that
WSBT: Michigan's surrogacy ban could end soon: Proposed bills aim to modernize state laws
People: Mich. Parents Forced to Adopt Their Biological Twins Are Closer to Changing Surrogacy Law
Above the Law: Michigan Bill Poised To Bring State Out Of Dark Ages On Surrogacy And Family Protection
WOOD-TV: Fighting for surrogacy in Michigan, couples share their stories
Summer 2023
WXYZ: Michigan's unique surrogacy law causing major stress for prospective parents
Women’s Health: Four women on the highs and lows of surrogacy in 2023
June 2022
WNEM: Mid-Michigan woman: I wouldn’t be alive without an abortion
November 2021
I want to put a baby in you podcast: Surrogacy Struggles in Michigan: Aubrey Gojcaj’s story
How to build a village podcast: A Journalist’s Journey from Surrogacy to Motherhood
October 2021
Wood-TV: Fighting for Surrogacy in Michigan, Couples Share Their Infertility Stories
September 2021
Above the Law: Michigan Grassroots Grow Efforts To Reverse Surrogacy Ban
February 2021
Above the Law:Will This Case Be The Tipping Point For Michigan To Change Its Harmful Surrogacy Laws?