My partner and I both want to have a genetic relationship to our children - any advice?

LGBTQJanelle DoddJune 25, 2024bright futures families, assisted reproductive technology, assisted reproduction, ART, infertility, fertility, surrogacy, surrogate, surrogacy arrangement, surrogate criteria, surrogate requirements, surrogate eligibility, surrogacy agency, gestational carrier, intended parent, intended parents, surrogacy journey, schedule, third party, navigating surrogacy, become a surrogate, intended parent consult, independent surrogacy journey, concierge, concierge services, free consultation, consult, surrogacy process, LGBTQ, same sex parenting, genetic relation, embryo, genetic parent, genetic child, egg donation, sperm donation, embryo donation, genetic connection, fertility doctor, fertility clinic, RE, reproductive endocrinologist, reproductive endocrinology, ASRM, ASRM guidelines, embryo transfer, double embryo transfer, twin pregnancy, multiple pregnancy, multiples pregnancy, singleton pregnancy, NICU, embryo splitting, fetus, multiple fetuses

Keeping Up With IVF Legal Developments (Summer 2024 Edition)

Above the LawJanelle DoddJune 21, 2024bright futures families, assisted reproductive technology, assisted reproduction, ART, infertility, fertility, surrogacy, LGBTQ, surrogate, surrogacy arrangement, reproductive material, gametes, embryo, sperm, egg, intended parents, lawsuit, Above The Law, Above The Law article, Ellen Trachman, fertility clinic, Dobbs, Texas, Alabama, Alabama Supreme Court, wrongful death, cryopreservation, IVF clinic, embryo dispute, Supreme Court of Texas, fertility treatment, Texas Human Life Protection Act, Texas Health and Safety Code, Texas legislature, ASRM, American Society of Reproductive Medicine, Texas Right to Life Act, personhood, Texas Supreme Court, IVF, in vitro fertilization, The Right to IVF Act, The Access to Family Building Act, The Veteran Families Health Services Act, The Access to Infertility Treatment and Care Act, The Family Building FEHB Fairness Act, The Cruz Bill, The IVF Protection Act, the Social Security Act, Medicaid, RESOLVE, RESOLVE: the National Infertility Association, attorney, Colorado, Washington, federal legislature, federal legislation, Federal Employees Health Benefits Program, FEHB, FEHB Program, IVF bill, Senator Susan Collins, Senator Lisa Murkowski, Antoun, Antoun v Antoun, Massachusetts, parentage, parentage law, H.4672, GLAD

Congress Goes Big On IVF

Above the LawJanelle DoddJune 6, 2024bright futures families, assisted reproductive technology, assisted reproduction, ART, infertility, fertility, surrogacy, LGBTQ, surrogate, surrogacy arrangement, reproductive material, gametes, embryo, sperm, egg, intended parents, lawsuit, Above The Law, Above The Law article, Ellen Trachman, fertility clinic, Dobbs, Texas, Alabama, unborn life, sanctity of life, Alabama Supreme Court, unborn child, unborn children, wrongful death, cryopreservation, blanket immunity, IVF clinic, embryo dispute, Supreme Court of Texas, fertility treatment, Texas Human Life Protection Act, Texas Health and Safety Code, Texas legislature, ASRM, American Society of Reproductive Medicine, Texas Right to Life Act, viability, viable pregnancy, personhood, Texas Supreme Court, emergency legislation, abortion, abortion statute, IVF, in vitro fertilization, Sen. Tammy Duckworth, Sen. Cory Booker, Sen. Patty Booker, The Right to IVF Act, The Access to Family Building Act, The Veteran Families Health Services Act, The Access to Infertility Treatment and Care Act, The Family Building FEHB Fairness Act, The Cruz Bill, The IVF Protection Act, the Social Security Act, Medicaid, RESOLVE, RESOLVE: the National Infertility Association, Judith Hoechst, attorney, Colorado, Washington, federal legislature, federal legislation

Will Texas Follow Alabama’s Rocky Path For IVF And Embryos?

Above the LawJanelle DoddMay 23, 2024bright futures families, assisted reproductive technology, assisted reproduction, ART, infertility, fertility, surrogacy, LGBTQ, surrogate, surrogacy arrangement, reproductive material, gametes, embryo, sperm, egg, intended parents, lawsuit, Above The Law, Above The Law article, Ellen Trachman, fertility clinic, Dobbs, Texas, Alabama, unborn life, sanctity of life, Alabama Supreme Court, unborn child, unborn children, wrongful death, cryopreservation, blanket immunity, IVF clinic, embryo dispute, Supreme Court of Texas, Antoun v. Antoun, fertility treatment, Texas Human Life Protection Act, Texas Health and Safety Code, fertilization, embryonic stages, fetal stages, development, appellate court, performance of abortion, Roman v. Roman, Justice Kerr, Texas legislature, ASRM, American Society of Reproductive Medicine, Texas Right to Life Act, viability, viable pregnancy, personhood, Texas Supreme Court

Is The Surrogacy Broker Really The Bad Guy?

Above the LawJanelle DoddApril 25, 2024bright futures families, assisted reproductive technology, assisted reproduction, ART, infertility, fertility, surrogacy, LGBTQ, surrogate, surrogacy arrangement, reproductive material, gametes, embryo, sperm, egg, intended parents, lawsuit, Above The Law, Above The Law article, Ellen Trachman, donate embryo, embryo donation, egg donor, gamete donor, sperm donor, embryo donor, egg donation, gamete donation, sperm donation, attorney, Michigan, Michigan surrogacy law, Michigan Family Protection Act, Governor Gretchen Whitmer, surrogacy broker, surrogacy agency, surrogacy agencies, gestational surrogate, gestational surrogacy, surrogacy legislation, surrogacy in Michigan, Virginia HB110, West Virginia Bill SB 575, surrogacy broker prohibition, Colleen Quinn, Bright Futures Families, Amanda Kinnard-Fuchsgruber, Jennifer White, IWTPABIY, I Want to Put a Baby in You, surrogacy journey, ASRM, American Society for Reproductive Medicine, independent surrogacy journey, illegal surrogacy, decriminalization

The 1980s Called. They Want Their Bigotry Back.

Above the LawJanelle DoddApril 11, 2024bright futures families, assisted reproductive technology, assisted reproduction, ART, infertility, fertility, surrogacy, LGBTQ, surrogate, surrogacy arrangement, reproductive material, gametes, embryo, sperm, egg, intended parents, lawsuit, Above The Law, Above The Law article, Ellen Trachman, egg donor, gamete donor, sperm donor, embryo donor, egg donation, gamete donation, sperm donation, attorney, US Supreme Court, United States Supreme Court, donate embryo, embryo donation, surrogacy journey, FDA, Federal Drug Administration, bigotry, gay sperm donor, bisexual sperm donor, Wall Street Journal, LGBTQIA, LGBTQ+, LGBTQIA+, blood donor, blood donation, MSM, prohibited donations, donor bans, blood shortage, tissue donation, tissue donor, donor criteria, screening requirements, screening process, anonymous donor, anonymous sperm donor, anonymous sperm donation, gender-neutral, gay man, gay men, bisexual man, bisexual men, PrEP, HIV, infectious diseases, Canada, Canadian donor restrictions, Canadian donor requirements, AIDS, Dr. Cassandra Roeca, fertility specialist, Shady Grove Fertility, ASRM, American Society for Reproductive Medicine, Sara Kraner, Fairfax Cryobank

Access To Family Building Bill Looks To Federally Protect IVF

Above the LawJanelle DoddFebruary 1, 2024bright futures families, assisted reproductive technology, assisted reproduction, ART, infertility, fertility, surrogacy, LGBTQ, surrogate, surrogacy arrangement, reproductive material, gametes, embryo, sperm, egg, intended parents, lawsuit, Above The Law, Above The Law article, Ellen Trachman, traditional surrogacy, gestational surrogacy, egg donor, egg donation, gamete, gamete donation, sperm donor, sperm donation, attorney, Access To Family Building, Access To Family Building Bill, state legislature, senator, representative, state senator, state representative, Tammy Duckworth, Senator Tammy Duckworth, Susan Wild, Congresswoman Susan Wild, reproductive health, assisted reproductive services, fertility treatment, fertilization, unborn child, human fetus, abortion, Oklahoma, Respect for Marriage Act, Justice Thomas, Dobbs, Supreme Court, Roe v. Wade, Planned Parenthood v. Casey, Congress, Marriage Protection Act, genetic material, Louisiana, juridical persons, ovum, Right to Build Families Act, Federal Advocacy Day, RESOLVE, RESOLVE: the National Infertility Association, American Society for Reproductive Medicine, ASRM, U.S. Senator, United States Senator, US Senator

Oregon Supreme Court Rules On Messy Multimillionaire Heir, Egg Donor Case

Above the LawJanelle DoddJanuary 11, 2024bright futures families, assisted reproductive technology, assisted reproduction, ART, infertility, fertility, surrogacy, LGBTQ, surrogate, surrogacy arrangement, reproductive material, gametes, embryo, sperm, egg, intended parents, lawsuit, Above The Law, Above The Law article, Ellen Trachman, traditional surrogacy, gestational surrogacy, Oregon, Oregon Supreme Court, Oregon Court of Appeals, court of appeals, heir, multimillionaire, egg donor, egg donation, gamete, gamete donation, sperm donor, sperm donation, attorney, legal dispute, Jordan Schnitzer, philanthropist, Cory Sause, contract, legal contract, agreement, written contract, written agreement, Nudelman, Nudelman agreement, consent, designation of embryos, custody, custody dispute, custodial rights, disposition of embryos, offspring, parallel language, Lehr v. Robertson, Academy of Adoption and Assisted Reproduction Attorneys, The Academy of Adoption and Assisted Reproduction Attorneys, AAAA, American Society for Reproductive Medicine, ASRM, RESOLVE: the National Infertility Association, Robin Pope

Michigan Bill Poised To Bring State Out Of Dark Ages On Surrogacy And Family Protection

Above the LawJanelle DoddNovember 16, 2023bright futures families, assisted reproductive technology, assisted reproduction, ART, infertility, fertility, surrogacy, LGBTQ, surrogate, surrogacy arrangement, surrogacy law, surrogacy legislation, reproductive material, gametes, embryo, sperm, egg, gestational surrogacy, traditional surrogacy, intended parents, gestational surrogate, United States, fertility clinic, fertility clinics, United States surrogacy, surrogacy in the United States, ASRM, American Society for Reproductive Medicine, IVF, in vitro fertilization, genetic, genetic relation, lawsuit, genetically related parents, genetically related child, DNA, frozen embryo, frozen embryos, IVF treatment, counterfeit IVF treatment, adoption, IWTPABIY, I Want to Put a Baby in You, I Want To Put A Baby In You podcast, birth certificate, parents on birth certificate, intended parents names on birth certificate, parents names on birth certificate, family law, family attorney, family court, US Supreme Court. United States Supreme Court, Congress, Supreme Court, United States Congress, US Congress, U.S. Congress, U.S. Supreme Court, donor, donor-conceived, donor conceived donor conceived person, donor-conceived persons, reproductive law, Michigan, Michigan law, surrogacy in Michigan, parentage law, Michigan parentage law, Michigan legislature, Above The Law, Above The Law article, Ellen Trachman, Baby M, New Jersey, anti-surrogacy law, anti-surrogacy laws, surrogacy-supportive law, surrogacy supportive laws, criminalization, illegal surrogacy, democracy, Aubrey Gojcaj, Stephanie Jones, ectopic pregnancy, Michigan House of Representatives, Family Protection Act, HB5207-5215, Michigan HB5207-5215, Michigan Family Protection Act, Michigan Fertility Alliance, surrogacy safeguards, surrogacy bill, fertility treatment, Senate, Michigan Senate, Michigan senators, Michigan governor, surrogacy criminilization, criminalization of surrogacy

Colorado Donor-Conceived Person Protection Law Opens Public Comments On Proposed Rules

Above the LawJanelle DoddOctober 31, 2023bright futures families, assisted reproductive technology, assisted reproduction, ART, infertility, fertility, surrogacy, LGBTQ, surrogate, surrogacy arrangement, surrogacy law, surrogacy legislation, reproductive material, gametes, embryo, sperm, egg, gestational surrogacy, traditional surrogacy, intended parents, international parents, international surrogacy, gestational surrogate, United States, fertility clinic, fertility clinics, United States surrogacy, surrogacy in the United States, ASRM, American Society for Reproductive Medicine, IVF, in vitro fertilization, genetic, genetic relation, lawsuit, genetically related parents, genetically related child, DNA, frozen embryo, frozen embryos, IVF treatment, counterfeit IVF treatment, adoption, IWTPABIY, I Want to Put a Baby in You, I Want To Put A Baby In You podcast, birth certificate, parents on birth certificate, intended parents names on birth certificate, parents names on birth certificate, family law, family attorney, family court, US Supreme Court. United States Supreme Court, Congress, Supreme Court, United States Congress, US Congress, U.S. Congress, U.S. Supreme Court, Colorado, Colorado Donor-Conceived Person Protection Law, donor, donor-conceived, donor conceived donor conceived person, donor-conceived persons, public comments, public comment, written comment, written comments, Zoom, Zoom session, Zoom sessions, legislative process, reproductive law, CDPHE, Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, proposed rules, donor anonymity, anonymous donor, gamete donor, sperm donor, egg donor, embryo donor, donation, embryo donation, egg donation, sperm donation, gamete donation, single donor, serial donor, egg retrieval, gamete bank, gamete banks, gamete agency, gamete agencies, sperm bank, sperm banks, anonymous donation, donor identification, donor identity, identification, identity disclosure, medical history, donating gametes, donor limitation, donor regulation

Legal Recognition Of 3-Plus-Parent Families Slowly Expanding

Above the LawJanelle DoddOctober 5, 2023bright futures families, assisted reproductive technology, assisted reproduction, ART, infertility, fertility, surrogacy, LGBTQ, surrogate, surrogacy arrangement, surrogacy law, surrogacy legislation, reproductive material, gametes, embryo, sperm, egg, gestational surrogacy, traditional surrogacy, intended parents, international parents, international surrogacy, gestational surrogate, United States, fertility clinic, fertility clinics, United States surrogacy, surrogacy in the United States, ASRM, American Society for Reproductive Medicine, IVF, in vitro fertilization, genetic, genetic relation, lawsuit, genetically related parents, genetically related child, DNA, divorce, cryopreservation, embryos during divorce, frozen embryo, frozen embryos, IVF treatment, counterfeit IVF treatment, adoption, illegal adoption, forgery, fraud, DNA test, egg donation, ethics committee, oocyte, oocyte donation, oocyte retrieval, ovary, ovaries, ovarian stimulation, Society for Ethics in Egg Donation and Surrogacy, SEEDS, Court of Appeals, Court of Appeals of Georgia, Smith v. Smith, vasectomy, vasectomy reversal, fertility treatment, viable embryo, property dispute, single embryo, embryo dispute, dissolution of marriage, contract, contracts, contractual agreement, Agreement for Cryopreservation of Embryos and or Oocyte, disposition, disposition of embryos, embryo transfer, embryo disposition, division of property, equitable division of property, Lila Newberry Bradley, IWTPABIY, I Want to Put a Baby in You, I Want To Put A Baby In You, Supreme Court of Georgia, I Want To Put A Baby In You podcast, polyamory, polyamorous relationship, 3 dads, three dads, birth certificate, parents on birth certificate, intended parents names on birth certificate, parents names on birth certificate, Three Dads and a Baby, co-parent, co-parenting, family law, family attorney, family court, Southern California, California court, Joyce Kauffman, Massachusetts, California, US Supreme Court. United States Supreme Court, Dobbs, Congress, Supreme Court, United States Congress, US Congress, U.S. Congress, U.S. Supreme Court, Respect for Marriage Act, PLAC, Polyamory Legal Advocacy Coalition, Harvard Law Review, Diana Adams, Chosen Family Law Center, TEDTalk, Professor Nancy Polikoff, Nancy Polikoff

Georgia Appellate Court Issues Whiplash Embryo Ruling

Above the LawJanelle DoddSeptember 21, 2023bright futures families, assisted reproductive technology, assisted reproduction, ART, infertility, fertility, surrogacy, LGBTQ, surrogate, surrogacy arrangement, surrogacy law, surrogacy legislation, reproductive material, gametes, embryo, sperm, egg, gestational surrogacy, traditional surrogacy, intended parents, international parents, international surrogacy, gestational surrogate, United States, fertility clinic, fertility clinics, United States surrogacy, surrogacy in the United States, ASRM, American Society for Reproductive Medicine, IVF, in vitro fertilization, genetic, genetic relation, lawsuit, genetically related parents, genetically related child, DNA, divorce, cryopreservation, embryos during divorce, frozen embryo, frozen embryos, IVF treatment, counterfeit IVF treatment, adoption, illegal adoption, forgery, fraud, DNA test, egg donation, ethics committee, oocyte, oocyte donation, oocyte retrieval, ovary, ovaries, ovarian stimulation, Society for Ethics in Egg Donation and Surrogacy, SEEDS, Court of Appeals, Court of Appeals of Georgia, Smith v. Smith, vasectomy, vasectomy reversal, fertility treatment, viable embryo, property dispute, single embryo, embryo dispute, dissolution of marriage, contract, contracts, contractual agreement, Agreement for Cryopreservation of Embryos and or Oocyte, disposition, disposition of embryos, embryo transfer, embryo disposition, division of property, equitable division of property, Lila Newberry Bradley, IWTPABIY, I Want to Put a Baby in You, I Want To Put A Baby In You, Supreme Court of Georgia

Will Human Trafficking Surrogacy Charges In Greece Affect The US?

Above the LawJanelle DoddSeptember 6, 2023bright futures families, assisted reproductive technology, assisted reproduction, ART, infertility, fertility, surrogacy, surrogate, surrogacy arrangement, surrogacy law, surrogacy legislation, reproductive material, gametes, embryo, sperm, egg, gestational surrogacy, traditional surrogacy, intended parents, international parents, international surrogacy, gestational surrogate, United States, fertility clinic, fertility clinics, United States surrogacy, surrogacy in the United States, ASRM, American Society for Reproductive Medicine, IVF, in vitro fertilization, genetic, genetic relation, lawsuit, genetically related parents, genetically related child, DNA, IVF treatment, counterfeit IVF treatment, American medical system, medical system, legal, insurance policy, insurance policies, medical expense, medical expenses, insurance coverage, pregnancy, pregnancy-related expense, pregnancy-related expenses, coverage, compensation, compensated, compensate, compensation for surrogacy, surrogacy compensation, surrogate compensation, Greece, human trafficking, Mediterranean Fertility Institute, adoption, illegal adoption, forgery, fraud, bodily harm, charges, Australia, DNA test, Sara Jefford, attorney, Australian surrogacy, Australian law, Michigan, egg donation, altruistic surrogacy, egg donor compensation, donor compensation, ethics committee, oocyte, oocyte donation, oocyte retrieval, ovary, ovaries, ovarian stimulation, Society for Ethics in Egg Donation and Surrogacy, SEEDS, financially stable, financial stability, financial coercion

Are Surrogacy Insurance Liens A Form Of Infertility Discrimination?

Above the LawJanelle DoddAugust 23, 2023bright futures families, assisted reproductive technology, assisted reproduction, ART, infertility, fertility, surrogacy, LGBTQ, surrogate, surrogacy arrangement, surrogacy law, surrogacy legislation, reproductive material, gametes, embryo, sperm, sperm mix up, sperm mix-up, egg, gestational surrogacy, traditional surrogacy, intended parents, international parents, international surrogacy, gestational surrogate, United States, fertility clinic, fertility clinics, United States surrogacy, surrogacy in the United States, ASRM, American Society for Reproductive Medicine, IVF, in vitro fertilization, genetic, genetic relation, lawsuit, genetically related parents, genetically related child, DNA, Court of Appeals, Supreme Court, U.S. Supreme Court, United States Supreme Court, discrimination, infertility discrimination, insurance, surrogacy insurance, surrogacy insurance lien, surrogacy insurance liens, lien, liens, insurance lien, insurance liens, surrogacy journey, financing surrogacy, financial, finance surrogacy, American medical system, medical system, legal, insurance policy, insurance policies, medical expense, medical expenses, MRKH, insurance coverage, pregnancy, pregnancy-related expense, pregnancy-related expenses, coverage, compensation, compensated, compensate, compensation for surrogacy, surrogacy compensation, surrogate compensation, insurance company, insurance companies, surrogacy cost, surrogacy costs, California, Sarah Paige, ART Risk Financial and Insurance Solutions, I Want To Put A Baby In You, Ralph Tsong, podcast, I Want To Put A Baby In You podcast, IWTPABIY, IWTPABIY podcast, attorney, adoption attorney, assisted reproductive technology attorney, Civil Code Section 3040, California Civil Code Section 3040, Section 3040, ICD-10, medical billing, medical billing coding system, Nevada

Maryland Appellate Ruling Confirms Continued Complexity Of Embryo Clashes

Above the LawJanelle DoddJuly 27, 2023bright futures families, assisted reproductive technology, assisted reproduction, ART, infertility, fertility, surrogacy, LGBTQ, surrogate, surrogacy arrangement, surrogacy law, surrogacy legislation, reproductive material, gametes, embryo, sperm, egg, gestational surrogacy, traditional surrogacy, intended parents, international parents, international surrogacy, gestational surrogate, Maryland, United States, United States surrogacy, surrogacy in the United States, ASRM, American Society for Reproductive Medicine, fertility clinic, IVF, in vitro fertilization, Court of Appeals, Court of Appeals of Maryland, Supreme Court, Eisenstadt v. Baird, U.S. Supreme Court, United States Supreme Court, Roe, Wade, Roe v. Wade, Dobbs, Dobbs v. Jackson, Women’s Health Organization, Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, embryo dispute, divorce, embryo disposition, cryobank, cryopreservation, oral agreement

Is It Legal To Have 10 Children By Surrogacy At The Same Time?

Should 'Social Surrogacy' Be Permitted?

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Organization important for surrogacy

SurrogatesGuest UserAugust 9, 2022ASRM, surrogacy, help, regulate, passport, SEAM, SEEDS, SeedTrust, Escrow, Legal, law, court, judge, states, Mental health

Colorado Is Poised To Pass A Groundbreaking Donor-Conceived Person Protection Act

ASRM, What is it and Why is it Important?

ASRM, What is it and why is it important?

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