Does the baby share DNA with the gestational carrier? Ask an expert!Jennifer WhiteFebruary 8, 2024surrogacy 101, gestational surrogacy, gestational surrogate, surrogate, surrogacy, surrogacy basics, DNA, intended parents, common misconceptions in surrogacy, surrogacy myths, surrogacy agency, surrogacy questions
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
Is Sperm-Mix Up Case A Harbinger Of Increased IVF Regulation In India -- And Elsewhere? Above the LawJanelle DoddAugust 10, 2023bright futures families, assisted reproductive technology, assisted reproduction, ART, infertility, fertility, reproductive material, gametes, embryo, sperm, sperm mix up, sperm mix-up, egg, intended parents, India, Indian court, United States, New York, Ohio, embryo mix up, embryo mix-up, fertility clinic, fertility clinics, fertility clinic mix up, fertility clinic mix-up, Singapore, loss of genetic affinity, National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission, NCDRC, West Delhi, IVF, in vitro fertilization, genetic, genetic relation, lawsuit, genetically related parents, genetically related child, DNA, National Medical Council, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
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
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
Historic Meeting Ushers In New Era In US Donor Conception Above the LawJanelle DoddNovember 3, 2022bright futures families, BrightFuturesFamilies, assisted reproductive technology, ART, infertile, infertility, donor, donors, donor-doctor, donor sperm, donor conceived person, donor-conceived, donor conceived, Donor-conceived, DonorAnonymity, donor anonymity, US Donor Conceived Council, Egg donor, spermdonor, Donor-conceived Persons and Donor-conceived Persons Protection Act, egg donor, sperm donor, Colorado, Colorado law, California Cryobank, Donor Egg Bank USA, Fairfax Cryobank, Fairfax Eggbank, RESOLVE, Donor Conceived Australia, anonymous, anonymous donor, anonymous sperm donors, Anonymous Sperm donors, anonymous egg donor, anonymous embryo donor, anonymous donation, anonymous egg donation, anonymous sperm donation, anonymous embryo donation, donor eligibility, donor identity disclosure, donor criteria, donor eligibility criteria, embryo, embryos, gametes, agency, clinic, attorney, DNA Kit, DNA, DNA Tests, DNA test, home DNA kit, LGBTQ, LGBTQ+
Netflix’s 'Our Father' Is A Horror Story Of Legal Failure Above the LawJanelle DoddMay 19, 2022assisted reproductive technology, ART, IVF, In Vitro Fertilization, infertility, Indiana, Vermont, Colorado, donor-conceived, sperm, sperm donor, donor sperm, donor, donor-doctor, donation, anonymous, anonymous donor, medical student, Our Father, Netflix, DNA Kit, DNA, DNA test, home DNA test, Donald Cline, legal, Professor Jody Madeira, fertility fraud, fertility fraud legislation
Vermont Jury Awards History-Making $5.25M To Victim Of Doctor/Sperm ‘Donor’ Above the LawJanelle DoddApril 7, 2022assisted reproductive technology, ART, IVF, In Vitro Fertilization, attorney, sperm, donor, sperm donor, donor sperm, doctor, doctor-donor, DNA, DNA test, home DNA test, United States District Court, Vermont, Dr. John Boyd Coates III, Dr. Coates, Peter Rousseau, Cheryl Rousseau, lawsuit, medical negligence, fraud, battery, informed consent, emotional distress, breach of contract, negligence, reproductive negligence, negligent supervision, Consumer Protection Act, judge, jury, court, fertility fraud, verdict
Is the baby related to the surrogate? Ask an expert!Guest UserJanuary 25, 2022Surrogacy, surrogate, baby, born, birth, related, biological, DNA, intended parent, embryo, IVF, oven, carry, gestational surrogacy
Notorious Sperm Bank Case Settles. Can We Buy Holiday-Sale DNA Kits For Our Donor-Conceived Loved Ones Now? Above the LawGuest UserDecember 18, 2020Surrogacy, surrogate, sperm, sperm bank, bank, settle, case, court, DNA, ancestry, desist, lawyer, attorney, judge
Donor Anonymity Walls Are Crumbling – And This New California Law Is Helping Above the LawPatricia NelsonSeptember 5, 2019DNA, DonorAnonymity, Califrornialaw, abovethelaw, coloradosurrogacy