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Florida Judge Grants French Surrogacy Rights; AG Calls It Slavery

5/11/2026

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Judge Marlon Weiss granted early parental rights to two French men in a Florida surrogacy case.
Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier entered the dispute, calling the arrangement modern-day slavery, a national-security threat, and arguing it may violate the Thirteenth Amendment.
Katie Jay reported that James Uthmeier posted on X that registered sex offenders and foreigners, including Chinese nationals, buy thousands of babies from U.S. surrogacy firms.

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Judge Marlon Weiss granted early parental rights to two French men in a Florida surrogacy case.
Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier entered the dispute, calling the arrangement modern-day slavery, a national-security threat, and arguing it may violate the Thirteenth Amendment.
Katie Jay reported that James Uthmeier posted on X that registered sex offenders and foreigners, including Chinese nationals, buy thousands of babies from U.S. surrogacy firms.