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 […]
Tuesday June 23rd, 2020
If you have already started down the path of working with a surrogate to begin or add to your family, or if you are considering […]
Friday April 10th, 2020
Individuals and couples in New York who are considering working with a gestational surrogate to become parents no longer need to leave the state to […]
Tuesday January 14th, 2020
In a pair of legal decisions handed down in December just before the holidays, the French Court of Cassation ruled that both members of a […]
Tuesday October 22nd, 2019
Here in the United States where surrogacy is an increasingly common way to start or add to a family, it is easy sometimes to forget […]
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 […]
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Same-sex couples in Utah are celebrating a recent Utah Supreme Court decision which overturned an outdated state law governing surrogacy.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 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 […]
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 […]
Thursday March 14th, 2019
Last year, we shared the struggle some Spanish families were having trying to get their children born through surrogacy in the Ukraine out of the […]
Tuesday March 12th, 2019
In 2015, Jay Timmons and Rick Olson, a same-sex couple from Virginia, used a donor embryo from a friend and a gestational carrier in Wisconsin […]
Thursday March 7th, 2019
The New Jersey legislature recently passed a bill expanding the state’s paid family leave. Signed into law on February 19, 2019 by NJ Governor Phil […]
Tuesday February 26th, 2019
International surrogacy is becoming increasingly popular for couples from Ireland, where surrogacy isn’t currently regulated. While the country’s legislature is evaluating a new law governing […]
Tuesday January 15th, 2019
Until recently, the UK’s Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act of 2008 (HFEA) has only recognized couples as legal parents to children conceived through surrogacy arrangements. […]
Tuesday January 15th, 2019
New York residents who want to begin or expand their families through surrogacy may soon be able to legally enter into paid surrogacy agreements, thanks […]