NEW YORK (JTA) — More than 100 rabbis and cantors called on New York state lawmakers to pass a bill to legalize surrogacy.

The 118 clergy members urged the passage of the Child-Parent Security Act in a letter Tuesday to the state’s House speaker, Carl Heastie, and Senate majority leader, Andrea Stewart-Cousins, both Democrats. Among the signatories are rabbis representing the Reform, Conservative and Orthodox movements.

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