Lawmakers drop surrogacy from reproduction bill

By Jonathan Chin / Staff writer, with CNA Add TT as Preferred Source Lawmakers yesterday decoupled surrogate motherhood from an assisted reproduction bill in a joint committee review despite protests from the Taiwan People’s Party (TPP) caucus.The Legislative Yuan approved the severance via a joint committee review, with seven votes in favor from the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) and two opposing votes from the TPP.The legislature’s Social Welfare and Environmental Hygiene Committee and the Judiciary and Organic Laws and Statutes Committee held the session. Lawmakers raise their hands during a vote at a meeting of the legislature’s Social Welfare and Environmental Hygiene Committee yesterday. Photo: Lo Pei-de, Taipei Times Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) lawmakers were absent from the