Florida surrogacy fight ignites child trafficking allegations: ‘It’s akin to slavery’

Florida just became the first state to seriously challenge the surrogacy industry after a gay couple living in France contracted with a woman in Florida to be their surrogate. The couple petitioned the Broward County court for early parental rights.While Judge Marlon Weiss granted their petition, he questioned whether surrogacy is constitutional, claiming it violates the 13th Amendment, which abolished slavery.“Judge Marlon Weiss argued that if unborn children are legally entitled to personhood,...