Tammy and Jordan Myers — the Michigan couple who have been fighting to adopt their own biological twins, born via a gestational carrier — are relieved after a judge legally made them the parents of Eames and Ellison earlier this month.
“Words cannot express how excited we are to put this adoption process behind us,” says Tammy of Grand Rapids. “This ongoing whirlwind has become our normal, and this craziness has all led to this special moment.”
This Christmas, they’ll have even more to celebrate: The end of a legal battle that began before twins Eames and Ellison were born Jan. 11, 2021, via a gestational carrier — a route Tammy and Jordan chose because Tammy’s breast cancer treatments made her unable to carry children. The couple were already parents to daughter Corryn, now 10, but had yearned to grow their family.
Because of Michigan’s restrictive laws surrounding surrogacy — and despite Eames and Ellison being Tammy and Jordan’s children biologically and being in their care since birth with the full agreement of their gestational carrier — the couple were forced to adopt their own children.
Tammy said, “It’s a great day: We are finally being recognized as our biological twins’ legal parents, and I’m feeling very hopeful that we will see a change to this crazy, outdated Michigan law.”
A bill was recently introduced in the Michigan House of Representatives to change the states surrogacy laws.