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Mexican state banning surrogacy for gay men, foreigners

Mexican state banning surrogacy for gay men, foreigners

MEXICO CITY — A Mexican state legislature is closing the door to foreign couples and gay men looking to have a child by surrogacy.

The Gulf coast state of Tabasco is currently the only Mexican state that allows surrogacy, supposedly on a non-commercial basis. It has attracted many foreign and gay couples looking to have children.

But the Tabasco state legislature voted 21-9 on Dec. 14 to restrict the option to Mexican citizens. It also says that couples looking for a child must include a mother aged 25 to 40 who can present proof that she is medically unable to bear a child.

Mexico has become a low-cost alternative to the United States, where surrogacy can cost $150,000 or more.

Surrogacy is the practice of hiring a woman to carry a fetus to term.

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