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Five bills in Michigan that cover topics ranging from a new bill on dyslexia to anonymous reporting in wage discrimination.

Becoming a parent as a member of the queer community is often a challenging, expensive process. In Michigan, it can be downright criminal. Right now,

UpdatedThu, Jan 28, 2021 at 2:21 pm ET Replies(32) Under an archaic Michigan law, Tammy and Jordan Myers must adopt their biological twins born earlier this month to a gestational surrogate, who offered to help the couple for altruistic reasons and who hasnt made a legal claim on the babies. (Shutterstock) GRAND RAPIDS, MI — A decades-old anti-surrogacy law that hasnt kept pace with advances in fertility treatment means a Michigan couple will have to go through the expensive and time-consumin...

Parents to adopt own biological babies in surrogate controversy Updated Jan 20, 2021; Facebook Share GRAND RAPIDS, MI – No one disputes that Tammy and Jordan Myers are the biological parents of newborns Eames Alexander and his sister, Ellison Erin Jewel. The couple is listed as parents at Helen DeVos Children’s Hospital where the babies have been treated since their premature births on Jan. 11. Doctors and nurses know them as mom and dad, too. The birth certificate, however, lists surrogat...