(File Photo of Representative Aaron Bernstine)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Harrisburg, PA) According to a release from Representative Aaron Bernstine’s office on Wednesday, Bernstine will be introducing legislation to close a dangerous loophole in Pennsylvania law. This law presently allows sex offenders that are registered to become parents that are legal through arrangements of surrogacy. The bill from Bernstine prohibits the right for sex offenders that are registered to get rights to be parents through agreements of surrogacy. This bill would also require clearances for child abuse and background checks for all intended parents before an issuing of a pre-birth parentage order.