#fightforlife #sdsurrogacy

Support SB137

This bill will create protections for everyone using surrogacy by putting into law the process that has worked in South Dakota for over 30 years workout one legal issue.

Surrogacy is an option to grow families. We need to protect the child, surrogate and intended parents by creating laws that govern the process.

Bill Sponsors:
Senators Greenfield (Brock) (prime), Diedrich, Foster, Heinert, Nesiba, Otten (Herman), Rohl, Smith (VJ), Symens, Tobin, and Zikmund and Representatives Davis (prime), Bartels, Bordeaux, Duba, Finck, Greenfield (Lana), Healy, Keintz, Lesmeister, Olson, Pourier, Rehfeldt, and St. John

Link to the Bill 137: https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/22999

Current Status: SB137 will be heard in the Senate Judiciary Committee Meeting on Tuesday, February 8th at 8:00am by Diedrich, Michael (R); Duhamel, Helene (R); Johns, Timothy (R); Rohl, Michael (R); Rusch, Arthur (R); Stalzer, Jim (R); Wheeler, David (R)

Action Needed: Contact Senate Judiciary Committee members listed below and ask them to Support Bill 137

Committee Chair:
Senator Rusch, Arthur
(Vermillion, SD)
Home: 605-624-8723
Capitol: 605-773-3821
Arthur.Rusch@sdlegislature.gov

Senator Diedrich, Michael
(Rapid City, SD)
Home: 605-343-0735
Capitol: 605-773-3821
Mike.Diedrich@sdlegislature.gov

Senator Rohl, Michael
(Aberdeen, SD)
Capitol: 605-773-3821
Michael.Rohl@sdlegislature.gov

Senator Wheeler, David
(Huron, SD)
Capitol: 605-773-3821
Business: 605-352-7154
David.Wheeler@sdlegislature.gov

Committee Vice-Chair:
Senator Duhamel, Helene
(Rapid City, SD)
Home: 605-342-2078
Capitol: 605-773-3821
Helene.Duhamel@sdlegislature.gov

Senator Johns, Timothy
(Lead, SD)
Home: 605-722-3189
Capitol: 605-773-3821
Business: 605-717-2889
Timothy.Johns@sdlegislature.gov

Senator Stalzer, Jim
(Sioux Falls, SD)
Home: 605-838-0354
Capitol: 605-773-3821
Jim.Stalzer@sdlegislature.gov

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Fight For Life

Help protect Gestational Surrogacy in South Dakota through guidelines and regulations. Let’s come together to tell our state legislators that people with infertility matter and to keep all family building options available and legal!

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1 in 8 couples, or 12% of married women, have trouble getting pregnant or sustaining a pregnancy.
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Mother Nature’s natural fertility rate is only about 20% per month for a healthy, fertile 30-year-old woman. That means that for every 100 fertile 30-year-old women trying to get pregnant in one cycle, 20 will be successful and the other 80 will have to try again.
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Half of all infertility is caused by a combination of problems in both partners or, is unexplained.
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Luckily, nearly 90% of infertility cases are treatable with medical therapies such as drug treatment, surgical repair of reproductive organs and assisted reproductive techniques such as intrauterine insemination and in vitro fertilization.

Surrogacy Advocates Speak Out

LISA RAHJA

FAMILIES FROM SOUTH DAKOTA SURROGACY, INC.

ELIZABETH WALETICH

FAMILIES FROM SOUTH DAKOTA SURROGACY, INC.

LISA RAHJA

FAMILIES FROM SOUTH DAKOTA SURROGACY, INC.

JENNIE BOE

INTENDED MOTHER

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