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Intended Parents knowingly and voluntarily release, waive, abandon and forever
discharge NWSC from any and all liability arising out of this Agreement, and agree that except as to
the promises and covenants to be performed by NWSC, that Intended Parents shall not look to
NWSC for any damages, compensation or reimbursement of any kind or character.
XI. CONFIDENTIALITY
The Parties agree to respect each other’s privacy and not disclose personal or
confidential information about each other that was obtained during the surrogacy process.
The Parties understand that they will be required to disclose personal information to
medical, legal and other professionals involved in the surrogacy process in order to fulfill the
terms of this Agreement. The Parties agree not to discuss or disclose the specific terms of this
Agreement or the details of this surrogacy arrangement with anybody other than the other Parties
to the Agreement, their attorneys, physicians and other professionals involved in the surrogacy
process, unless they have obtained the written consent of the other Parties. The Parties may
speak generally with friends and relatives about their involvement in surrogacy but agree not to
disclose the specific terms of this Agreement or the identities of the other Parties or the Child.
The Parties may speak generally about their involvement in surrogacy in social networking
outlets (such as Facebook, Twitter and blogs) or to the media (including but not limited to,
newspapers, magazines, television, radio, or any entity for the purpose of publication or
distribution), but agree not to disclose the specific terms of this Agreement or the identities of the
other Parties, including posting photographs of the other Parties, without specific written permission
of the other Party. In any disclosure of personal information allowed pursuant to this section, the
identity of the Child may be disclosed by Intended Parents and may not be disclosed by Gestational
Carrier or Gestational Carrier’s Husband.
Nothing contained in this section shall limit disclosure when it is required by statute, rule,
regulation or order of a court of competent jurisdiction; however, any Party subject to a required
disclosure shall notify the other Parties as far in advance as possible to allow the other Parties to
object. The Parties will be required to disclose information for judicial or administrative
proceedings for the creation of Intended Parents’ legal relationships with the Child and to terminate
Gestational Carrier’s and Gestational Carrier’s Husband’s legal relationships with the Child. In the
event that litigation arises regarding this Agreement, the Parties agree to take reasonable steps to
maintain the confidentiality and privacy of the other parties by requesting the court to take all steps
to protect the identities of the Parties.
XII. CHANGE OF CIRCUMSTANCES
During the term of this Agreement, the Parties shall inform NWSC and each other in
writing of any material change in their circumstances that may reasonably affect this Agreement.
These changes include, but are not limited to, change of address, illness or death of a Party, loss
of employment, change in marital status, changes in insurance coverage or exposure to
communicable illness.