Trump's bid to end birthright citizenship: the effect on UK parents through surrogacy
By Natalie Gamble,
PET BioNews
| 08. 11. 2025
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President Trump has signed an Executive Order to end birthright citizenship for babies born in the USA to foreign-citizen parents. While it has not come into force yet, lawyer Natalie Gamble looks at the uncertainty it is causing for parents who are expecting babies through surrogacy in the US.
The new US administration is seeking to end birthright citizenship for babies born in the USA to foreign-citizen parents. Shortly after taking office, President Trump signed an Executive Ordersaying that only children born in the USA to parents who were US citizens or lawful permanent residents would be automatic US citizens. It is something which is looming large over foreign parents expecting babies through US surrogacy in the coming months, anxious about whether they will still be able to get a US passport for their child in order to return as promptly as possible to their home country.
The way things are rolling out in the USA is undeniably complex. The Executive Order was almost immediately challenged as being unconstitutional...
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