Raftopol v. Ramey

Opinion

McLACHLAN, J.

This appeal raises the question of whether Connecticut law permits an intended parent1 who is neither the biological2 nor the adoptive parent of a child to become a legal parent of that child by means of a valid gestational agreement. The use of technology to accomplish reproduction by means other than sexual intercourse no longer may be considered “new” science, and, indeed, the legislature has recognized the validity of such agreements.3 Moreover, no *684one can deny that assisted reproductive technology implicates an essential matter of public policy — it is a basic…