PA Parentage
Coalition
PROTECTING PENNSYLVANIA'S
CHILDREN & FAMILIES
HB 350, the Pennsylvania Uniform Parentage Act (“PA UPA”), would modernize Pennsylvania’s outdated parentage laws to ensure that they are clear, equitable, and inclusive of all families, including families created through assisted reproduction.
The PA UPA will provide courts, lawyers, and parents with clarity on how to establish parentage, the legal relationship between parent and child, which is fundamental to a child’s security and well-being across their lifetime.
What is parentage?
Parentage is the legal relationship between parent and child. Legal parentage is the source of many important rights and responsibilities, including custody, child support, a parent’s right to make decisions about medical care and education, children’s right to health insurance coverage, Social Security survivor benefits, and inheritance.
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Who supports the PA UPA?
Support for the PA UPA is strong and growing. Supporters include Pennsylvanians with infertility, people born through assisted reproduction (AR) and their families, family law and assisted reproduction attorneys, fertility care doctors and counselors, children’s advocates, and infertility advocates. Click here to see a list of the organizations that have passed resolutions and/or issued letters of support for the Pennsylvania Uniform Parentage Act.
How to get involved...
It is important for legislators to hear directly from children and adults born through assisted reproduction (AR) and their parents, people hoping to build families through AR, gamete donors, surrogates, and legal and medical professionals. We’ll follow up to discuss whether, when, and how your story can be useful in helping HB 350 move through the legislature. Click here to share your story.
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