Tuesday July 18th, 2017
Celebrities and high-profile clients who use surrogates to create their families face the threat of having the women carrying their babies exposed by the media. […]
Wednesday June 14th, 2017
Wednesday June 14th, 2017
June 4, 2017 marked National Cancer Survivors Day, the same day that Melissa Thompson, a breast cancer survivor and political advocate for fertility treatment coverage, […]
Thursday May 18th, 2017
On May 4, the House of Representatives passed an amendment to the proposed health care bill, The American Health Care Act (AHCA), in an attempt […]
Monday May 8th, 2017
B.C. Supreme Court Justice Neena Sharma granted a woman a comprehensive settlement from severe injuries sustained in a 2011 head-on collision caused by an intoxicated […]
Friday April 28th, 2017
The New York Department of Financial Services updated its infertility treatment guidelines, announcing that health insurance companies within the state cannot deny coverage to customers […]
Thursday April 20th, 2017
Thursday April 20th, 2017
The legalization of same-sex marriage in 2015 did not address same-sex parenting in the United States. For those couples, the legal gap between marriage and […]
Monday February 27th, 2017
Monday February 27th, 2017
In two separate parts of the world, surrogacy bans and issuance of birth certificates continue to wreak havoc on parents wanting to return home with […]
Wednesday February 15th, 2017
Wednesday February 15th, 2017
State lawmakers Rep. John Lesch and Sen. Sandra Pappas recently unveiled the Minnesota Gestational Carrier Act with the intent to regulate the surrogacy industry. Currently, […]
Monday February 13th, 2017
Monday February 13th, 2017
An Indiana lawmaker has introduced, House Bill 1059, aimed at health insurance companies adding fertility treatments for its members. According to Representative Robin Shackleford the […]
Friday November 25th, 2016
Friday November 25th, 2016
The battle over two frozen embryos was decided by the Missouri Court of Appeals last week. In a contentious dispute involving divorced couple Jalesia McQueen, […]
Tuesday November 22nd, 2016
Tuesday November 22nd, 2016
A former Verizon employee filed a lawsuit against her employer alleging the company’s refusal to pay for her maternity leave benefits. Marybeth Walz required a […]
Tuesday November 8th, 2016
Tuesday November 8th, 2016
According to CBC News, a possible class-action lawsuit against former fertility doctor, Norman Barwin of Ottawa, Canada, alleges he impregnated two patients with his own […]
Monday October 31st, 2016
Monday October 31st, 2016
In 2017, The Word Health Organization (WHO) will officially publish a more expansive definition of how infertility qualifies as a disability. Considered a progressive move, […]
Friday October 21st, 2016
Friday October 21st, 2016
CBS News recently explained there is “limited government oversight” in the sperm bank industry. Around the country, lawsuits have emerged for various reasons including lost […]
Tuesday October 11th, 2016
Tuesday October 11th, 2016
Many former same-sex couples are fighting—and winning—legal parentage for the children they helped raised, despite having no biological relation to them nor having ever adopted […]
Tuesday October 4th, 2016
Tuesday October 4th, 2016
Retired fertility doctor Donald Cline , who retired in 2009 and whose medical practice was based in Indianapolis recently entered a not guilty plea on […]