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    U.S. Ends Policy Of Denying Citizenship To Children Born Via IVF Or Surrogacy

    The State Department says its updated policy "takes into account the realities of modern families" and advances in reproductive technology.
    by Jaclyn Diaz May 19, 2021 1 minute
    The State Department has updated its policy regarding granting citizenship to children born via in vitro fertilization or surrogacy. Its earlier rules denied citizenship to those children unless they had direct genetic ties to their parent who was a U.S. citizen.

    The State Department will now approve U.S. citizenship for children born abroad to same-sex or heterosexual American parents via in vitro fertilization, surrogacy and by other assisted reproductive means.

    Under the policy announced Tuesday, the child mustU.S. citizen. The child must have biological ties to at least one parent.

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