Thursday October 5th, 2023
Thursday October 5th, 2023
Actress Kerry Washington was preparing to be part of a TV show that looks into people’s lineage, helping them determine their ancestry and understand more […]
Tuesday March 7th, 2023
In the past the records for sperm or egg donation were typically sealed in the UK, with very little information provided to the children born […]
Thursday September 15th, 2022
Thursday September 15th, 2022
Under a new law that recently took effect, donor babies in France will have more options and access when they want to identify their donors. […]
Friday June 10th, 2022
In the past, sperm and egg donations in the state of Colorado could be kept anonymous. On May 31, 2022, however, a new bill was […]
Sunday July 18th, 2021
Should a sperm donor be classified as a “deadbeat Dad” and have to pay nearly $14,000 in child support to the child’s legal parents? In […]
Wednesday March 24th, 2021
Wednesday March 24th, 2021
When San Diego-based doctor and university professor Ian Jenkins went to court in 2017 to obtain a parentage order for his child born through surrogacy, […]
Thursday December 17th, 2020
Thursday December 17th, 2020
Joining other countries that have recognized the parental rights of couples using artificial reproductive technologies in recent years, Japan’s Diet (its national legislature) has passed […]
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 […]
Monday October 12th, 2020
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 September 14th, 2020
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 October 14th, 2019
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 […]
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 […]
Wednesday June 12th, 2019
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 […]
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 April 29th, 2019
We previously shared the shocking story of an Indiana fertility doctor who used his own sperm with dozens of patients at his clinic over a […]
Monday April 22nd, 2019
Australia’s High Court has been tasked with hearing a case that could have significant ramifications for a same-sex couple who conceived their eldest daughter in […]