How does surrogacy work with being active duty military?

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Hey, everyone, this is Jennifer White, CEO of Bright Futures Families Surrogacy, with this week's Ask Question. This week's question is: How does surrogacy work if I am active duty military? And the question is from the perspective of the woman who would like to be a gestational carrier if she is active duty military, and I can tell you from the perspective of if she is in the Army, Navy, Marines, it's not possible. It just can't happen. It's actually against their code. It's in the UCMJ that you may not do. So if you, a woman is in the Air Force, it becomes a little more. And so then by default, the Space Force, because they follow the same rules at this point in time, a little more difficult. And it's possible. We've definitely seen it happen before. But what you actually then need to do is get approval from your commander and from your local jag, which is the legal office, to make sure that they are understanding and are okay with you acting as a surrogate and moving forward in that capacity. So, but again, Army, Navy, Marine Corps, we love that you have big hearts, but unfortunately, you can't be a surrogate. So thanks, bye.