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, […]
Friday February 26th, 2021
New Yorkers who want to become parents through assisted reproduction (and those who want to help others do so) got a belated Valentine’s Day gift […]
Thursday February 25th, 2021
In 2013, Modern Family actress Sofia Vergara and her then-fiancé, Nick Loeb, entered into an agreement to create two frozen pre-embryos. However, the couple ended […]
Monday February 22nd, 2021
As the COVID-19 vaccine rollout continues across the country, there is no shortage of misinformation being shared on social media. Some anti-vaccine activists have been […]
Saturday February 20th, 2021
For pregnant women who have recovered from COVID-19, there have been many questions about how the illness might affect their unborn children. As reported recently […]
Friday January 29th, 2021
A full year into the COVID-19 pandemic, medical professionals and scientists know a lot more than they did about the virus, its effects, and how […]
Friday January 29th, 2021
Dealing with infertility and deciding to work with a gestational carrier or surrogate to have a baby can send new parents on a roller coaster […]
Monday January 25th, 2021
One Michigan couple is experiencing an unforeseen nightmare: The state’s legal system has twice denied them legal rights to their biological twin babies born with […]
Tuesday January 19th, 2021
Switzerland made news recently when its Swiss National Council voted in favor of a bill that includes several provisions designed to equalize the playing field […]
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 […]
Monday December 14th, 2020
There are still many unknowns and a lot of uncertainty about the COVID-19 virus, including any potential long-term effects on fertility. However, one piece of […]
Friday December 11th, 2020
A woman who took an at-home genealogy test recently made a shocking discovery, learning that her biological father was actually her mother’s fertility doctor. Her […]
Wednesday November 25th, 2020
We previously shared the story of two naturalized U.S. citizens who were embroiled in a legal battle to determine the citizenship of their daughter, Kessem […]
Friday November 20th, 2020
When the process of oocyte cryopreservation (more commonly known as freezing eggs) was developed in the 1980s, it was reserved for women suffering from serious […]
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
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 […]