Friday November 20th, 2020
When the process of oocyte cryopreservation (more commonly known as freezing eggs) was developed in the 1980s, it was reserved for women suffering from serious […]
Tuesday November 17th, 2020
As U.S. citizens, we rely on our elected officials to help shape policies that will benefit us as a constituency. U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D. […]
Tuesday October 20th, 2020
The idea of the “traditional” family unit in the United States, with two opposite-sex parents married to each other, changed fundamentally with the legalization of […]
Friday October 16th, 2020
The month of October is designated as Pregnancy & Infant Loss Awareness Month, designed to help raise awareness of the tens of thousands of people […]
Monday October 12th, 2020
For individuals and couples struggling with infertility, using donated eggs or sperm may be an option to start or add to their families. However, intended […]
Monday October 12th, 2020
There is an update on a story we’ve been following involving The Surrogacy Group, an surrogacy agency based in Florida and Maryland. In a heart-breaking […]
Thursday September 24th, 2020
In previous blog posts, we’ve shared stories of people who have discovered as adults that their biological fathers were not anonymous sperm donors as their […]
Monday September 14th, 2020
When intended parents decide to use anonymous sperm or egg donors, they should be able to trust that the information they are provided about the […]
Monday September 14th, 2020
Children born to U.S. citizens have traditionally been considered citizens themselves, regardless of where they were born. However, a Georgia couple had to fight for […]
Thursday September 10th, 2020
Last month, model Chrissy Teigen and singer-songwriter John Legend announced in the release of Legend’s music video for “Wild” that they are expecting their third […]
Tuesday August 25th, 2020
Last year, we shared the story of an ongoing legal battle involving two Israeli-born but naturalized U.S. citizens whose daughter, born in Canada to a […]
Monday August 17th, 2020
In 2012, a surrogacy arrangement made national headlines. Sadly, the little girl born from that arrangement, Seraphina Harrell, died recently on July 15 at the […]
Friday August 14th, 2020
In a previous blog post, we discussed a distressing side effect of the COVID-19 pandemic for individuals and families using international surrogacy arrangements. Due to […]
Friday July 24th, 2020
Canada is the latest country to update its legal framework to recognize and protect modern families. Canadian parents whose children are born abroad through assisted […]
Friday July 24th, 2020
Lawmakers in Rhode Island’s House and Senate passed landmark legislation recently designed to address and overcome hurdles same-sex couples and unmarried couples face in obtaining […]
Monday July 20th, 2020
In a recent article in the Guardian, writer RO Kwon provided a compelling and insightful look into the reasons behind many women’s intentions to remain […]