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Trump’s New Executive Orders on Citizenship: What Does It Mean for Surrogacy?
On August 6, 2026, President Trump signed two Executive Orders that could affect surrogacy journey for international intended parents. The first, "Ending Birth Tourism," classifies temporary visa travel to give birth as visa misuse, empowering DHS to deny visas, revoke, and bar entry. The second,"Continuing to Protect the Meaning and Value of American Citizenship," directs federal agencies to deny U.S. citizenship documents to children born to foreign national parents where U

Ralph M. Tsong
Aug 65 min read


Why You Shouldn’t Rely on AI to Review Your Contract
Reaching the contract phase is an exciting step in your family-building journey. Opening a 40-page legal document for the first time is a different feeling. Lately we have been receiving client emails full of neatly organized questions that turn out to have come from an AI chatbot, most of them about clauses unrelated to the client's situation. Uploading a draft agreement to a public AI tool carries real confidentiality risk, and the analysis it returns is often confidently w

Ralph M. Tsong
Jul 2412 min read


Four Federal Bills Take Aim at Surrogacy: What They Say, Why We Oppose Them, and How to Make Your Voice Heard
Four bills in the 119th Congress would reshape surrogacy nationwide, and most do not do what their titles suggest. One is sold as a background-check law but requires no background check, while adding 10 to 20 year mandatory minimums. Another is framed as targeting adversarial nations, yet voids agreements with parents from nearly every country. We break down what each bill actually says, who it would harm, and how to write your representative or senators in about 2 minutes us

Ralph M. Tsong
Jun 249 min read
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