How do surrogates get pregnant? Industry NewsJanelle DoddFebruary 18, 2025bright futures families, growing families, conceiving bright futures, gestational surrogacy, gestational surrogate, intended parent, surrogacy 101, surrogacy agency, questions about surrogacy, surrogacy basics, surrogacy steps, surrogacy journey, match meeting, matching preferences, surrogacy choices, become a surrogate, surrogate requirements, match list, surrogate eligibility, surrogate criteria, surrogate qualifications, surrogate screening, screening for surrogate, medical clearance, psychological screening, medical screening, background check, gestational carrier, pregnant, pregnancy, surrogacy pregnancy, surrogate pregnancy, ivf, in vitro fertilization, embryo, embryo transfer, infertility, fertility, ivf clinic, egg, sperm, donor, gamete, traditional surrogacy, egg retrieval
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
In Unprecedented Ruling, Court Orders Sperm Donor To Stop ... Or Else Above the LawJanelle DoddMay 4, 2023brightfuturesfamilies, assisted reproductive technology, ART, medical technology, infertility, fertility, i want to put a baby in you, I Want to Put a Baby in You, I Want to Put a Baby in You podcast, attorney, parentage, Sperm, donor sperm, sperm donor, sperm donation, serial sperm donor, serial sperm donation, mass sperm donor, mass donor, mass donation, mass sperm donation, sperm king, sperm kings, Jonathan Jacob Meijer, Dutch, Dutch Ministry of Health, Donorkind Foundation, The Hague, fertility fraud, fertility law, Professor Jody Madeira, Jody Madeira, Andrew Nagel, New York, Israel, Israeli Ministry of Health, New Zealand, Kyle Gordy, California, Jacoba Ballard, Netflix, Netflix documentary, Our Father, Our Father documentary, Donald Cline, Eve Wiley, doctor donor, donor, donor conceived, donor gamete, donor gametes, nongenetic, nongenetic parent, nongenetic parents, nongenetic child, nongenetic intended parent, nongenetically related child, nongenetically related parent, law professor, LGBTQ, LGBTQ+
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
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
Attorney LGBTQ+ Advocacy Leads To New California Law Above the LawJanelle DoddOctober 26, 2021Surrogacy, assisted reproduction, assisted reproductive technology Law, IntendedParents, Intended parents, intended parents, fertility, fertility law, infertility, infertile family building, lgbtq family building, family building for gay couples, surrogacy family building, alternative family building options, IVF, attorney, egg, eggs, legal, law, LGBTQ Community, LGBTQ parents, LGBTQ, LGBTQ Rights, LGBTQ Families, LGBTQ Law, GayMoms, gay moms, gay parenthood, Gay Parenting, gay parenting, gay, lesbian, gay and lesbian parenting, birth certificate, Vital Statistics, Parent, parent, parents, parentage, parenthood, amended birth certificate, original birth certificate, court, court opinion, discrimination, same-sex parents, parent names on birth certificate, Parental Rights, equality, unequal treatment, adoption, artificial insemination, insemination, donor, donor conceived, donate, sperm donation, sperm donation contract, Sperm, sperm, sperm donor, sperm donor parental rights, name, gender, name change, marriage certificate, California
Parents By Sperm Donation Should Be Very Concerned About This Idaho Supreme Court Ruling Above the LawJanelle DoddOctober 14, 2021Surrogacy, assisted reproduction, assisted reproductive technology Law, IntendedParents, Intended parents, intended parents, fertility, fertility law, infertility, infertile family building, lgbtq family building, family building for gay couples, surrogacy family building, alternative family building options, IVF, attorney, egg, eggs, legal, law, LGBTQ Community, LGBTQ parents, LGBTQ, LGBTQ Rights, LGBTQ Families, LGBTQ Law, GayMoms, gay moms, gay parenthood, Gay Parenting, gay parenting, gay, lesbian, gay and lesbian parenting, birth certificate, Vital Statistics, Parent, parent, parents, parentage, parenthood, amended birth certificate, original birth certificate, court, court opinion, discrimination, same-sex parents, parent names on birth certificate, Parental Rights, equality, unequal treatment, Idaho, online contract, adoption, artificial insemination, insemination, donor, donor sperm, donor conceived, donate, donation, sperm donation, sperm donation contract, Sperm, sperm, sperm donor, sperm donor parental rights, sperm donor contracts
What are my Options for Finding an Egg Donor? Do we Meet? Is it Anonymous? LGBTQGuest UserMay 4, 2021Egg donor, egg, donor, options, surrogacy, surrogate, meet, parents, parent, mom, dad, carry, friend, embryo
What is the Egg Donation Process Like? Industry NewsGuest UserApril 27, 2021Surrogacy, egg donation, surrogate, egg donor, donor, egg, process, agency, life, baby, pregnant, child, family, parent, donate, give, gift
After Last Week’s Column, The Sperm-Swapping Doctor Retires Above the LawGuest UserApril 22, 2021Surrogacy, column, sperm, sperm swap, donor, judge, court, law, lawyer, legal, wrongdoing, civil, charges, harm
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Death (Of Donor Anonymity) Becomes Her Above the LawGuest UserDecember 9, 2020Surrogacy, sperm donor, donor, sperm, egg, death, anonymous, jurisdiction, abroad, international, baby, birth, family, grow, pregnancy
Sperm Donor Sues Over Use Of His Sperm With LGBTQ And Single Parents Above the LawGuest UserOctober 29, 2020Surrogacy, sperm, donor, sperm donor, sue, lawyer, attorney, legal, court, judge, single parents, parents, surrogate, LGBTQ, gay, gay parenting
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