Monday October 28th, 2019
Monday October 28th, 2019
Common cancer treatments including chemotherapy, radiation, and some surgical procedures can leave patients struggling to become pregnant. For anyone who wants to start a family, […]
Tuesday October 15th, 2019
Tuesday October 15th, 2019
In France, one of several countries in which surrogacy arrangements are illegal, intended parents do not enjoy automatic recognition as their child’s parents. In fact, […]
Wednesday September 25th, 2019
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
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
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
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Same-sex couples in Utah are celebrating a recent Utah Supreme Court decision which overturned an outdated state law governing surrogacy.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 […]
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
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 […]
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 […]
Tuesday April 23rd, 2019
On April 9, a 32-year old woman gave birth to a healthy baby boy in Athens, Greece after four unsuccessful attempts to conceive through in […]