Discussion · Senate
Rick Scott Republican
“I support IVF and surrogacy for Americans. But this bill stops leaders and citizens of enemy nations, like China, Russia, and North Korea, from using American surrogates to have children here. I want to pass this bill to stop that.”
“Mr. President, so first off, I appreciate the comments from my colleague from Illinois. I look forward to working with him to try to solve this. Let’s remember what this is about. This is not about IVF. IVF has been a very positive experience for my family. It doesn’t impact a surrogacy for an American citizen. Actually, surrogacy has impacted my family and friends, so those are important opportunities for Americans to have children. What this bill says, though, is if you are a national from people that want to destroy our way of life, you could be Xi in China, you could be Putin in Russia, you could be Kim Jong Un in North Korea, you could be the Ayatollah, you will not have the right to have a child in this country by surrogacy. They don’t even have to show up in this country, and they could have a child. Why would they do that when they could do it in their own country? It doesn’t make any sense to me. So this is a problem. We need to resolve it. It has been a problem in this country. It has been a problem in my home State, and I look forward to working with my colleague from Illinois to solve it. I yield the floor.”
Mr. President, so first off, I appreciate the comments from my colleague from Illinois. I look forward to working with him to try to solve this. Let’s remember what this is about. This is not about IVF. IVF has been a very positive experience for my family. It doesn’t impact a surrogacy for an American citizen. Actually, surrogacy has impacted my family and friends, so those are important opportunities for Americans to have children. What this bill says, though, is if you are a national from people that want to destroy our way of life, you could be Xi in China, you could be Putin in Russia, you could be Kim Jong Un in North Korea, you could be the Ayatollah, you will not have the right to have a child in this country by surrogacy. They don’t even have to show up in this country, and they could have a child. Why would they do that when they could do it in their own country? It doesn’t make any sense to me. So this is a problem. We need to resolve it. It has been a problem in this country. It has been a problem in my home State, and I look forward to working with my colleague from Illinois to solve it. I yield the floor.