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 […]
Friday October 16th, 2020
The month of October is designated as Pregnancy & Infant Loss Awareness Month, designed to help raise awareness of the tens of thousands of people […]
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 October 12th, 2020
There is an update on a story we’ve been following involving The Surrogacy Group, an surrogacy agency based in Florida and Maryland. In a heart-breaking […]
Thursday September 24th, 2020
In previous blog posts, we’ve shared stories of people who have discovered as adults that their biological fathers were not anonymous sperm donors as their […]
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 September 14th, 2020
Children born to U.S. citizens have traditionally been considered citizens themselves, regardless of where they were born. However, a Georgia couple had to fight for […]
Thursday September 10th, 2020
Last month, model Chrissy Teigen and singer-songwriter John Legend announced in the release of Legend’s music video for “Wild” that they are expecting their third […]
Tuesday August 25th, 2020
Last year, we shared the story of an ongoing legal battle involving two Israeli-born but naturalized U.S. citizens whose daughter, born in Canada to a […]
Monday August 17th, 2020
In 2012, a surrogacy arrangement made national headlines. Sadly, the little girl born from that arrangement, Seraphina Harrell, died recently on July 15 at the […]