New bill would protect mothers with surrogacy contracts from forced abortions

New bill would protect mothers with surrogacy contracts from forced abortionsRep. Andy Ogles, R-Tennessee, introduced on July 21 a bill designed to protect pregnant mothers who are surrogates from being forced to have abortions.The ‘‘Preventing Forced Abortions Act of 2026” would prevent federal courts from forcing a woman to have abortion because of a surrogate contract; the act also requires that surrogate mothers still be compensated.“No woman should ever be forced to murder a child because of a provision buried…