Monday June 5th, 2023
Making a family is often assumed to be a man and woman, marrying and easily producing biological children together. But there are many ways to […]
Friday May 26th, 2023
Just weeks after she had surgery for a uterus transplant, the first woman to have this procedure done in Australia is pregnant! Kirsty Bryant had […]
Saturday April 29th, 2023
Saturday April 29th, 2023
A recent study from the University of Cambridge took a look at children who were conceived naturally, versus children who were conceived through assisted reproduction, […]
Wednesday August 17th, 2022
Wednesday August 17th, 2022
One year ago, the use of medically assisted reproduction was opened up to lesbian couples and single women in France. Now, single women are creating […]
Friday July 15th, 2022
While there are many stories of finding a long-lost sibling, Chrysta Bilton may have the most unique sibling story of them all. She was conceived […]
Sunday May 15th, 2022
The new documentary from Netflix, Our Father, is an investigative look into the life of Dr. Donald Cline. He was a fertility doctor who used […]
Saturday March 5th, 2022
With genealogy research and ancestry testing becoming more common today, a lot of people who previously didn’t have complete information on their families are able […]
Thursday February 24th, 2022
Thursday February 24th, 2022
A fourth Dutch doctor has now been accused of using his own sperm for fertility treatments offered to his patients. Between 1977 and 1985, Henk […]
Monday November 22nd, 2021
Monday November 22nd, 2021
Spain has joined a number of other countries in allowing gay and single women to use reproductive assistance technology. Transgender women are also included in […]
Tuesday November 17th, 2020
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
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 December 20th, 2019
Friday December 20th, 2019
Although surrogacy is continuing to grow in popularity and is a widely recognized and accepted practice in much of the world, there are still many […]
Tuesday November 26th, 2019
Tuesday November 26th, 2019
Millions of New Yorkers, and some residents of other states covered by health insurance offered through New York-based employers with 100 or more employees and […]
Wednesday July 24th, 2019
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 […]
Tuesday March 19th, 2019
After 21-year old West Point cadet Peter Zhu was fatally injured in a skiing accident in February, his parents had an unusual request: They wanted […]
Thursday January 10th, 2019
Thursday January 10th, 2019
DNA tests are growing in popularity, with companies like 23andMe and Ancestry.com marketing the kits as a way to learn more about your roots and […]