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Pawlenty Vetoes 2 More Bills

ST. PAUL (AP) ― Governor Pawlenty has added to his growing veto tally with two more strikes.

He has blocked a bill regulating contracts between surrogate mothers and would-be parents.

The "gestational carrier" legislation would have established ground rules for arrangements that are already happening. The bill included requirements that the surrogate be at least 21 and undergo a mental health evaluation.

Pawlenty says the bill "raises some significant ethical and public policy issues that have not been adequately addressed." He cited the lack of a compensation limit and protections for the surrogate mother.

He also vetoed a bill that would have given adoptive children greater ability to learn the identity of their birth parents. He says he's concerned it would breach confidentiality to birth parents who placed children up for adoption prior to 1977.

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