Monday January 27th, 2020
On January 13, 2020, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy signed a new law providing fertility preservation protection, making his state the ninth to implement such […]
Thursday January 16th, 2020
According to a recent New York Times article, the number of healthy women in the United States who chose to freeze their eggs jumped from […]
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 […]
Monday December 23rd, 2019
Earlier this year, we shared some disturbing news about a surrogacy agency based in Maryland and Florida. Intended parents and surrogates alike claimed that The […]
Friday December 20th, 2019
Although surrogacy is continuing to grow in popularity and is a widely recognized and accepted practice in much of the world, there are still many […]
Monday December 9th, 2019
The end-of-year holidays are supposed to be a joyous time, filled with celebrations and gatherings with loved ones. However, for anyone struggling with infertility, the […]
Tuesday November 26th, 2019
Millions of New Yorkers, and some residents of other states covered by health insurance offered through New York-based employers with 100 or more employees and […]
Monday November 18th, 2019
Same-sex marriage has been legal in Ireland since 2015. However, under current law, same sex couples who become parents are not automatically afforded parental rights. […]
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 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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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
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
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
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. […]