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Rep. Scott Perry rolled out two commonsense bills this week to stop a shocking loophole: surrogacy services that hand children to sex offenders or sell babies to foreign buyers. The measures — the Protecting Kids from Creeps Act and the Preventing International Surrogacy Exploitation Act — aim to close the cracks that let predators and foreign actors exploit American surrogacy clinics. If you care about children, borders, or plain old decency, this is a welcome move.
What the bills do: shut down shady surrogacy deals
The Protecting Kids from Creeps Act would penalize surrogacy agencies that knowingly work with registered sex offenders. That is not radical. That is common sense. The Preventing International Surrogacy Exploitation Act would bar foreign nationals from using U.S.-based surrogacy services to obtain children. Rep. Perry warned of “a lack of legal guardrails” that leaves babies vulnerable to abuse, trafficking, and exploitation. That sounds dramatic until you hear the examples he used — like rich foreign buyers treating American clinics as factories.
Why this matters: national security, immigration fraud, and child safety
Perry didn’t couch his words in diplomatic language. He called international commercial surrogacy “a national security threat” that invites immigration fraud and exploitation. He pointed to cases where foreign elites have allegedly ordered dozens of children. If true, that isn’t just bad ethics — it’s a market for human beings and a clear risk to the children involved. Reps. Randy Fine and Tim Burchett joined Perry, underlining that protecting kids should be a no-brainer for lawmakers on both sides of the aisle.
Practical questions — enforcement and state law
There are real legal and practical hurdles ahead. Surrogacy laws differ by state, and custody and parentage issues can be complex. But federal action is justified when cross-border exploitation and national security are involved. Congress can set guardrails: require strict background checks, place penalties on agencies that abet predators, and close loopholes that turn American clinics into surrogacy shopping malls for foreign buyers. If states won’t act, the federal government must step in to protect children and the integrity of our immigration system.
This is the kind of straightforward reform voters understand. It’s not about culture wars or ideology. It’s about keeping children safe and stopping profiteers who treat newborns like products. Congress should move fast, write strong, clear rules, and back them with enforcement. The alternative is to watch bad actors keep exploiting loopholes — and to pretend that’s acceptable. It isn’t. Lawmakers who claim to care about families should stand with Perry and make sure America doesn’t become a global baby market.
