Deciding between adoption and surrogacy Deciding between adoption and surrogacy Read More LGBTQJanelle DoddAugust 20, 2024bright futures families, Bright Futures Families, adoption, surrogacy, growing families, growing families through surrogacy, surrogacy process, medical qualification, medical clearance, medical care, medically healthy, genetics, embryo donor, egg donor, sperm donor, donor sperm, donor egg, donor embryo, Gestational Surrogate, Gestational carrier, Gestational Surrogacy, birth mother, birth parent, screening, surrogacy screening, screening process, surrogate screening, surrogate psych screening, screening requirements, prenatal care, pregnancy, surrogacy arrangement, surrogacy matching, matching process, legal agreement, legal contract, open adoption, limited contact adoption, intended parents, intended parent, surrogate, surrogates, relationship with gestational carrier, relationship with surrogate, Relationship with International IPs, Relationship with Gestational Carrier, relationship with intended parents, relationship between surrogate and intended parents, surrogacy cost, cost of surrogacy, surrogate compensation, compensation for surrogacy, adoption cost, cost of adoption, adoption arrangement, family law, family attorney, tax credit, federal tax credit, legal process, legal process of surrogacy, consultation, free consultation
LGBTQ Families: Two Embryos or One? LGBTQJanelle DoddApril 30, 2024Bright Futures Families, conceiving bright futures, growing families, surrogacy, surrogate, gestational carrier, gestational surrogate, gestational surrogacy, intended parents, parents, surrogacy process, surrogacy journey, surrogacy agency, ivf, in vitro fertilization, fertility, fertility clinic, infertility, ip, ips, gc, gcs, assisted reproductive technology, ART, surrogacy statistics, statistic, statistics, lgbtq, reproductive endocrinologist, embryo, embryos, twins, multiples pregnancy, twin pregnancy, medical professional, multiple embryos, multiple embryo transfer, embryo split, medical risk
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
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Why do people choose to be a surrogate multiple times? SurrogatesJanelle DoddFebruary 6, 2024BrightFuturesFamilies, bright futures families, brightfuturesfamilies, Bright Futures Families, conceiving bright futures, growing families, surrogacy, surrogate, gestational carrier, gestational surrogate gestational surrogacy, intended parents, parents, become a surrogate, surrogacy process, surrogacy journey, surrogate requirements, surrogate criteria, surrogate eligibility, first surrogacy journey, second surrogacy journey, third surrogacy journey, multiple surrogacy journeys
Italy Takes Aggressive Anti-LGBTQ+ Family Measures Above the LawJanelle DoddJune 30, 2023BrightFuturesFamilies, bright futures families, brightfuturesfamilies, Bright Futures Families, assisted reproduction, assisted reproductive technology, ART, infertility, fertility, surrogacy, Italy, Italian Constitutional, Italian government, Italian Parliament, Italian Constitutional Court, Public Prosecutor’s Office, Padua, Paduan mayor, Sergio Giordani, Mayor Sergio Giordani, Mayor Giordani, Ida Parisi, Alexander Schuster, art attorney, attorney, LGBTQ+, LGBTQ, lgbtq, LGBTQ Rights, LGBTQ Community, lgtb parenthood, lgbtqia+ community, lgbt parenting, LGBTQ Law, LGBTQ parents, lgbtq family building, LGBTQ families and surrogacy, lgbtq families and surrogacy, LGBTQ Families, LGBTQ Surrogacy and Families, LGBTQ+ discrimination, pride, Pride Month, adoption, In Vitro Fertilization, surrogate, surrogacy arrangement, surrogacy law, surrogacy legislation, reproductive material, gametes, embryo, sperm, egg, genetic relation, nongenetic child, nongenetic, nongenetic parent, nongenetically related child, nongenetically related parent, nongenetic intended parent, nongenetic parents, Gestational Surrogacy, traditional surrogacy, intended parent, intended parents, International, International IPs, International Intended Parents, international surrogacy, International Surrogacy, surrogacy in Italy, Italian surrogacy, Rainbow Families, Alessia Crocini
Idaho Passes Protective Surrogacy Law Above the LawJanelle DoddJune 15, 2023BrightFuturesFamilies, bright futures families, brightfuturesfamilies, Bright Futures Families, assisted reproduction, assisted reproductive technology, ART, infertility, fertility, surrogacy, Idaho, Idaho surrogacy, Idaho HB264, Idaho House Bill 264, The Gestational Agreements Act, Idaho Gestational Agreements Act, Monica Cockerille, adoption, In Vitro Fertilization, IVF, volunteer, volunteerism, surrogate, gestational surrogacy agreement, surrogacy arrangement, surrogacy law, surrogacy legislation, surrogate requirements, surrogate eligibility, reproductive material, donor reproductive material, donor gametes, embryo donation, genetic relation, nongenetic, nongenetic parent, nongenetic parents, nongenetic child, nongenetic intended parent, nongenetically related child, nongenetically related parent, non-genetically related parents, Gestational Surrogacy, traditional surrogacy, intended parent, intended parents, foreign intended parents, International Intended Parents, surrogate qualifications, medical qualification, intended parent qualifications, Michigan, Michigan law, Michigan Surrogacy Law, Michigan surrogacy law, michigan
Ukraine Considers Surrogacy Regulations In Wartime Above the LawJanelle DoddJune 1, 2023BrightFuturesFamilies, bright futures families, brightfuturesfamilies, Bright Futures Families, ART, medical technology, infertile, infertility, fertility, surrogacy, Surrogacy laws, surrogacy legislation, surrogacy regulation, surrogacy regulations, Ukraine, Ukrainian law, Ukrainian legislature, Ukraine Surrogacy Dispatches, regulations, regulation, proposed law, donor reproductive material, reproductive material, donor gamete, donor gametes, embryo donation, genetic relation, sex selection, gestational surrogacy, Gestational Surrogacy, traditional surrogacy, Traditional Surrogacy, intended parents, Intended parents, Intended Parents, foreign intended parents, surrogate qualifications, medical qualification, intended parent qualifications
Is A 68-Year-Old Arranging The Birth Of Her Deceased Son’s Child By Surrogacy Legal? Above the LawJanelle DoddMay 18, 2023BrightFuturesFamilies, bright futures families, brightfuturesfamilies, Bright Futures Families, conceiving bright futures, assisted reproductive technology Law, assisted reproduction, assisted reproductive technology, ART, medical technology, infertility, fertility, reproductive technology, reproductive material, donor reproductive material, parentage, egg, donor egg, egg donation, egg donor, posthumous sperm, posthumous conception, Spain, surrogacy law, surrogacy laws, Ana Obregon, Aless Lequoio, Peter Zhu, sperm retrieval, post-mortem sperm retrieval, donor conceived child, donor conceived, donor conceived person, donor gametes, donor gamete, genetic, genetic relation, older parent, older, older parents
Is IVG The Answer To LGBTQ+ Parentage Legal Problems? Above the LawJanelle DoddApril 19, 2023bright futures families, BrightFuturesFamilies, Bright Futures Families, assisted reproductive technology Law, assisted reproduction podcasts, assisted reproductive technology podcast, assisted reproduction, assisted reproductive technology, Assisted Reproductive Technologies and Equity of Access Issues, ART, medical technology, infertility, fertility, In Vitro Fertilization, in vitro fertilization, in vitro gametogenesis, gametogenesis, IVF, IVG, gamete, gametes, Dr. Kathryn Go, I Want to Put a Baby in You, I Want to Put a Baby in You podcast, art attorney, attorneys, attorney, parentage, sperm, donor sperm, donor conceived, donor conceived child, donor conceived person, egg, donor egg, embryo, donor embryo, donor gamete, donor gametes, genetic, genetics, genetic relation, attoney, nongenetic, nongenetic parent, nongenetic parents, nongenetic intended parent, nongenetic child, nongenetically related parent, nongenetically related child, law professor, Naomi Cahn, University of Virginia School of Law, LGBTQ+, LGBTQ, lgbtq, LGBTQ Families, lgbt parenting, LGBTQ parents
Jaw-Dropping Lawsuit Filed Against Dutch Serial Sperm Donor Above the LawJanelle DoddApril 6, 2023BrightFuturesFamilies, bright futures families, Bright Futures Families, conceiving bright futures, assisted reproductive technology, ART, infertility, fertility, fertility clinic, fertility doctor, fertility clinics, fertility doctors, Fertility Doctor sperm donor, attorney, lawsuit, sperm, spermdonor, sperm donor, sperm kings, sperm bank, Sperm Bank, doctor-donor, donor, donor-doctor, donor-conceived, donor conceived, Donor-conceived, donor sperm, blacklisted sperm donor, serial sperm donor, serial sperm donation, mass donor, mass donation, mass sperm donation, mass sperm donor, sperm donation, anonymous sperm donation, donor anonymity, Jonathan Jacob Meijer, genetic, genetic relation, genetics, incest, inbreeding, Dutch, Dutch Ministry of Health, fertility fraud, One Wish, Jody Madeira, Professor Jody Madeira
Another Court Sends Shock Waves By Denying Parental Rights To Lesbian Mom Above the LawJanelle DoddMarch 24, 2023BrightFuturesFamilies, bright futures families, Bright Futures Families, assisted reproductive technology Law, assisted reproductive technology, Assisted Reproductive Technologies and Equity of Access Issues, ART Law, ART, infertility, fertility, attorney, sperm, donor sperm, donor conceived child, donor conceived, donor-conceived, Donor-conceived, genetic, genetic relation, nongenetic parent, nongenetic parents, non-genetically related parents, nongenetic intended parent, Pennsylvania, Superior Court of Pennsylvania, LGBTQ, LGBTQ+, lgbtq, LGBTQ Families, Nicole Junior, Chanel Glover, In Vitro Fertilization, in vitro fertilization, second parent adoption, adoption, adoptive parents, family law, family law attorney, Helen Casale, genetic discrimination, LGBTQ+ discrimination, second-parent adoption, surrogacy, prebirth order, prebirth parentage order, pre-birth order, pre birth order, PBO
A Connecticut Court Just Dismissed A Case Against A Doctor Who Secretly Inseminated His Patients With His Own Sperm Above the LawJanelle DoddMarch 9, 2023BrightFuturesFamilies, bright futures families, Bright Futures Families, assisted reproductive technology Law, assisted reproduction, assisted reproductive technology, ART, infertility, fertility, attorney, sperm, spermdonor, sperm donor, Sperm Switching, sperm donation, doctor, doctor-donor, donor-doctor, documentary, Netflix documentary, fertility doctor, fertility doctors, Fertility Doctor sperm donor, Our Family documentary, doctor-deceptive conception, donor conceived child, donor-conceived, donor conceived, Donor-conceived, Connecticut, Connecticut Judicial District of Hartford, fertility fraud, federal fertility fraud law, fertility fraud bill, fertility fraud legislation, DNA, DNA Kit, DNA Tests, DNA test, home DNA kit, home DNA test, genetic, genetic relation, genetics, fertility law, fertility lawsuit, wrongful life, indiana, Indiana, Indiana University Bloomington, Maurer School of Law, Jody Madeira, Professor Jody Madeira, law professor, Donald Cline, Ontario Superior Court, Vermont, Colorado, Eve Wiley, Protecting Families from Fertility Fraud Act
Oklahoma Court Grants Parental Rights To Sperm Donor; Removes Second Mom From Birth Certificate Above the LawJanelle DoddFebruary 23, 2023BrightFuturesFamilies, bright futures families, conceiving bright futures, Bright Futures Families, assisted reproductive technology, ART, fertility, infertility, attorney, Sperm, spermdonor, sperm, sperm donor, sperm donation, known sperm donor agreement, sperm donation contract, donation, same-sex parents, same-sex, same-sex couple, anonymous donor, anonymous donation, anonymous sperm donors, Anonymous Sperm donors, anonymous sperm donation, anonymous gamete donation, donor anonymity, second-parent adoption, second parent adoption, adoption, adoption law, adoption laws, parentage, parental rights, legal parent, legal parents, legal parentage rights, parenthood, Rebekah Wilson, Kris Williams, Uniform Parentage Act, Noel Tucker, Oklahoma, State of Oklahoma, Idaho, Idaho Supreme Court, Colorado, Connecting Rainbows, Genavieve Jaffe, Gena Jaffe, US Donor Conceived Council, sexual orientation discrimination, LGBTQ, LGBTQ+, lgbtq, lgbt parenting, lgbtq family building, family law, family court, family building for gay couples, birth certificate, genetic, genetics, genetic relation, nongenetic parent, nongenetic parents, non-genetically related parents
Nightmare Ruling For Non-Genetically Related Israeli Parents By Surrogacy Above the LawJanelle DoddFebruary 9, 2023BrightFuturesFamilies, bright futures families, Bright Futures Families, assisted reproduction, assisted reproductive technology, ART, infertility, fertility, attorney, Israel, Israeli surrogacy, Israeli ART Law, Israel Supreme Court, Israeli, surrogate attorney, surrogacy attorney, Parental Rights, parental rights, parentage, legal parentage rights, parenthood, parent, parents, legal parents, legal parent, adoption, adoption law, second-parent adoption, adoption laws, Israeli citizen, Israeli citizens, family court, Israeli family court, Supreme Court, birth certificate, parent names on birth certificate, genetics, genetic relation, Victoria Gelfand, family law, family, Family, Family Law, families, Families and Surrogacy
What Happens When A Father Claims The Mother Is Only A Gestational Carrier And That He Alone Is Both Father And Mother Of The Children? Above the LawJanelle DoddJanuary 12, 2023BrightFuturesFamilies, bright futures families, Bright Futures Families, assisted reproductive technology, ART, art attorney, ART Law, ART law, infertility, fertility, attorney, Court of Appeals of West Virginia, West Virginia, Superior Court of Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania, Our Father, Our Family documentary, Netflix, Netflix documentary, surrogacy, Gestational Surrogate, Gestational carrier, nonbinary, non binary, nonbinary parent, nonbinary parents, LGBTQ, LGBTQ+, lgbtq, LGBTQ Families, lgbt parenting, lgtb parenthood, LGBTQ parents, lgbtq family building, federal law, egg harvesting, ova harvesting, stored ova, stored eggs, IUI, IVF, intrauterine insemination, In Vitro Fertilization, litigation, Parental Rights, birth certificate, parentage, fertility fraud, informed consent, DNA, DNA Tests, DNA test, DNA Kit, home DNA test, home DNA kit, Donald Cline, fertility doctor, anonymous, anonymous donor, anonymous donation, anonymous sperm donors, Anonymous Sperm donors, anonymous sperm donation, gametes, gamete, gamete donation, anonymous gamete donation, reproductive tissue, federal fertility fraud law, fertility treatment, donor conceived, donor-conceived, Donor-conceived
Should 'Social Surrogacy' Be Permitted? Above the LawJanelle DoddNovember 17, 2022BrightFuturesFamilies, bright futures families, Bright Futures Families, assisted reproductive technology, ART, infertility, fertility, agency, surrogacy agency, attorney, LGBTQ, LGBTQ+, lgbtq, social surrogacy, choice, surrogacy, surrogate, surrogates, Gestational Surrogate, gestational, gestation, GestationalCarrier, Gestational carrier, gestational surrogate, gestational carrier, Gestational Carrier, Gestational Carriers, gestational carriers, SEEDS, Society for Ethics in Egg Donation and Surrogacy, donation, egg, eggs, sperm, embryo, embryos, egg donation, sperm donation, embryo donation, SEEDS Standards Committee, Creative Family Connections, Diane Hinson, intended parent, intended parents, agency screening, ASRM, American Society for Reproductive Medicine, reproductive endocrinologist, reproductive endocrinologists, fertility doctor, fertility doctors, pregnancy, reproductive freedom, reproductive choice, Ashley Old, surrogate choice, embryo transfer, Utah, California, Washington, Colorado, new jersey, New York, State statute, State statutes, state statute, state statutes
Will Proposed Bills Reverse Michigan’s Hostile Surrogacy Laws? Above the LawJanelle DoddOctober 6, 2022assisted reproductive technology, ART, IVF, In Vitro Fertilization, infertility, surrogacy, surrogate, gestational carrier, Michigan, Michigan law, Michigan surrogacy law, Gestational Surrogacy Parentage Act, birth certificate, bright futures families, Bright Futures Families, parentage
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