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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
Mileage Reimbursement in Surrogacy Contracts: What to do about rising gas prices
Gas prices have spiked dramatically in recent weeks. The national average for gas crossed $4.00 per gallon at the end of March 2026, up more than a dollar from just one month earlier. At the time of this writing, there’s little indication how long gas prices will continue increasing, will remain high, or may return to lower prices. For surrogates who are driving to frequent medical appointments throughout their journey, the cost of fuel is not a small detail. It is a real, re
Ralph M. Tsong
Apr 25 min read
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