Thursday January 10th, 2019
Before you work with a fertility clinic or enter into a surrogacy arrangement with someone located in another country, you should contact an attorney who […]
Tuesday January 8th, 2019
Last year, we shared the sad news about two fertility clinics on opposite sides of the country that experienced equipment malfunctions in early March 2018 […]
Saturday January 5th, 2019
In Singapore, surrogacy arrangements, same-sex marriage, and gay sex are all illegal. Against the odds, Singapore’s High Court recently awarded a gay man in Singapore […]
Saturday December 15th, 2018
When an unmarried couple from the U.K. conceived a child thanks to a donated embryo in a clinic in Spain, the intention was that both […]
Friday December 14th, 2018
Womb transplants are not unheard of. Researches in the U.S. and Sweden have successfully transplanted wombs before from living donors into recipient women who went […]
Wednesday December 12th, 2018
The former head of the U.K.’s family court, Sir James Munby, recently called for reforms in the way the UK approaches surrogacy. Specifically, the retired […]
Monday November 12th, 2018
President Trump sent shock waves rippling through the assisted reproduction and immigrant communities recently when he said he intended to end birthright citizenship. Birthright citizenship […]
Friday November 9th, 2018
In a previous blog post, we shared the story of a Colorado couple, now divorced, and their legal battle to gain custody of six remaining […]
Monday November 5th, 2018
For gay and lesbian individuals and couples in decades past, it was difficult to fulfill dreams of becoming parents and building a family. Domestic adoption […]
Thursday November 1st, 2018
A 45-year old Australian woman who was separated from her husband but who wanted to undergo in vitro fertilization (“IVF”) to become a mother was […]
Friday October 12th, 2018
The U.S. Supreme Court recently denied requests to hear two surrogacy cases, effectively upholding existing state laws in Iowa and California. These denials are “wins” […]
Wednesday September 12th, 2018
In Spain, as in many other countries around the world, surrogacy arrangements are still against the law. Because of that, it is not uncommon for […]
Thursday September 6th, 2018
The Governor of Illinois, Bruce Rauner signed a new bill into law on August 27, 2018 that is being hailed as a victory for reproductive […]
Wednesday August 8th, 2018
In order to get access to in vitro fertilization (IVF) treatments in China today, women need to show their marriage certificates. So, single women who […]
Thursday July 26th, 2018
Disagreements about how to handle frozen embryos in a divorce are not new and are actually on the rise as the number of frozen embryos […]
Friday July 20th, 2018
In a victory for single, heterosexual or lesbian women and lesbian couples in France, the country’s highest court recently ruled that there are no constitutional […]