"The bill
(which was passed by the House 108-61 and the Senate 45-9, and signed by Governor Sonny Perdue) amends Georgia's adoption laws to make clear that embryo adoption in
fact is a form of adoption.
The law also allows adoptive parents to
file in court for a final order of adoption (for the child who is born
as the result of the embryo adoption), which supporters of the new law
say clarifies that the adopting parents are eligible for claiming some
but not all of their expenses for the federal adoption tax credit…"
The new law defines an embryo as "an individualized
fertilized ovum of the human species from the single-cell stage to
eight-week development."
The law states: "A
child born to a recipient intended parent as the result of embryo
relinquishment … shall be presumed to be the legal child of the
recipient intended parent."
In the other 49 states, couples participating in an embryo adoption must sign private legal contracts that treat the embryo as property.
New Georgia Law: Embryo Adoption an Official Type of Adoption
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Up until now, embryo adoption has not been governed by the laws of any state. That changes July 1, 2009, with Georgia's "Option of Adoption Act."
Michael Foust writes in the Christian Examiner:
"The bill
(which was passed by the House 108-61 and the Senate 45-9, and signed by Governor Sonny Perdue) amends Georgia's adoption laws to make clear that embryo adoption in
fact is a form of adoption.
The law also allows adoptive parents to
file in court for a final order of adoption (for the child who is born
as the result of the embryo adoption), which supporters of the new law
say clarifies that the adopting parents are eligible for claiming some
but not all of their expenses for the federal adoption tax credit…"
The new law defines an embryo as "an individualized
fertilized ovum of the human species from the single-cell stage to
eight-week development."
The law states: "A
child born to a recipient intended parent as the result of embryo
relinquishment … shall be presumed to be the legal child of the
recipient intended parent."
In the other 49 states, couples participating in an embryo adoption must sign private legal contracts that treat the embryo as property.
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