Monday October 14th, 2019
Today, there is very little regulation over fertility clinics or the $6 billion fertility industry as a whole. That lack of regulation can lead to […]
Wednesday September 25th, 2019
A battle over the U.S. State Department’s denial of citizenship rights to a baby born to two U.S. citizens is brewing. A same-sex married couple […]
Wednesday September 25th, 2019
Intended parents in New Zealand are currently subject to the country’s Adoption Act, passed into law some 64 years ago. Under that antiquated law, parents […]
Friday September 20th, 2019
In vitro fertilization (IVF) has become an increasingly common way for parents to conceive children, with clinics located nationwide offering help and hope for couples […]
Tuesday September 3rd, 2019
Unlike in many other countries, a child born in the United States is a citizen of the United States, regardless of its parents’ citizenship status. […]
Monday August 12th, 2019
Same-sex couples in Utah are celebrating a recent Utah Supreme Court decision which overturned an outdated state law governing surrogacy. That law prohibited same-sex couples […]
Friday August 9th, 2019
When a same-sex American couple recently brought their baby girl, Simone, home for the first time, they did so using a tourist visa for her […]
Wednesday July 24th, 2019
It started off as a common-enough story: A married couple who had trouble conceiving turned to a Los Angeles clinic offering in vitro fertilization to […]
Friday July 12th, 2019
A new law in Virginia, signed by Governor Ralph Northam last month, should make it easier for same-sex male couples and single people to become […]
Friday July 5th, 2019
In a recent blog post, we shared the story of a court battle being waged in Australia over a sperm donor’s parental rights for a […]
Friday June 14th, 2019
When a couple has completed their family through in vitro fertilization they typically have embryos cryopreserved. What happens to those frozen embryos when the couple […]
Wednesday June 12th, 2019
When they chose to start their family and become pregnant through artificial insemination 17 years ago, a lesbian couple pored over profiles of potential sperm […]
Wednesday June 5th, 2019
Recently, we shared the story of a challenge that arose out of a tragedy. When 21-year old West Point cadet Peter Zhu died unexpectedly in […]
Monday May 20th, 2019
When a Texas woman met an anonymous sperm donor 14 years ago, she thought she had at long last found her biological father. After all, […]
Monday May 13th, 2019
If you are considering using a gestational carrier or surrogate to help you start or grow your family and want to use an agency, it […]
Monday May 13th, 2019
A British couple who used in vitro fertilization (IVF) to conceive two children have filed a lawsuit, alleging that the Connecticut-based fertility clinic they relied […]