The difference between egg donation and gestational surrogacy Industry NewsJanelle DoddJuly 9, 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, gestational surrogate, intended parent, intended parents, surrogacy journey, genetic relation, embryo, genetic parent, genetic child, egg donation, sperm donation, embryo donation, genetic connection, fertility doctor, fertility clinic, embryo transfer, double embryo transfer, ovarian stimulation, hormone injections, egg production, egg retrieval
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
A Glossary of Terms for a Surrogacy Journey SurrogatesJanelle DoddMay 28, 2024bright futures families, assisted reproductive technology, assisted reproduction, ART, infertility, fertility, surrogacy, surrogate, gestational carrier, intended parent, intended parents, surrogacy journey, navigating surrogacy, become a surrogate, intended parent consult, podcast, surrogacy podcast, IWTPABIY, I Want to Put a Baby in You, I Want to Put a Baby in You podcast, Ellen Trachman, Jennifer White, Jenn White, cohost, cohosts, Venus Rising, Venus Rising podcast, donor conceived, IVF, in vitro fertilization, IUI, intrauterine insemination, egg retrieval, Stop. Sit. Surrogate., Stop. Sit. Surrogate. podcast, The Fertility Podcast, Fertility Cafe, fertility podcast, reproductive endocrinologist, reproductive endocrinologists, embryo donation, egg donation, sperm donation, embryo donor, egg donor, sperm donor, All About Fertility Podcast, fertility journey, artificial insemination, iTunes, iHeartRadio, SoundCloud, Patreon, podcast host, podcast hosts, birth control pills, birth control, oral contraceptive, beta test, pregnancy test, hcg, hcg level, donor egg, donor eggs, embryo transfer, estradiol, frozen embryo transfer, frozen embryo, FET, intended father, intended mother, miscarriage, OB, obstetrician, progesterone, pre-birth order, PBO, pregnant, pregnancy, PIO, progesterone in oil, subchorionic hemorrhage, subcutaneous injection, IVF medication, ultrasound, vaginal birth after c-section, VBAC
Learn About Surrogacy Through Podcasts Industry NewsJanelle DoddMay 14, 2024bright futures families, assisted reproductive technology, assisted reproduction, ART, infertility, fertility, surrogacy, LGBTQ, surrogate, gestational carrier, intended parent, intended parents, surrogacy journey, navigating surrogacy, become a surrogate, intended parent consult, podcast, surrogacy podcast, IWTPABIY, I Want to Put a Baby in You, I Want to Put a Baby in You podcast, Ellen Trachman, Jennifer White, Jenn White, cohost, cohosts, Venus Rising, Venus Rising podcast, donor conceived, IVF, in vitro fertilization, IUI, intrauterine insemination, egg retrieval, Stop. Sit. Surrogate., Stop. Sit. Surrogate. podcast, The Fertility Podcast, Fertility Cafe, fertility podcast, reproductive endocrinologist, reproductive endocrinologists, embryo donation, egg donation, sperm donation, embryo donor, egg donor, sperm donor, All About Fertility Podcast, fertility journey, artificial insemination, iTunes, iHeartRadio, SoundCloud, Patreon, podcast host, podcast hosts
How Expensive Will Colorado Sperm Be, Come 2025? Above the LawJanelle DoddMay 9, 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, Colorado, Colorado governor, Governor Jared Polis, CDPHE, Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, Wild West, DNA test, U.S. Donor Conceived Council, Colorado State Board of Health, ethical surrogacy, ethical gamete donation, known donor, unknown donor, anonymous donor, donor anonymity, donor regulation, gamete regulation, surrogacy agency, surrogacy agencies, gestational surrogate, gestational surrogacy, surrogacy legislation, sperm bank, matching agency, fertility clinic, Nathalie Gamble
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
Michigan’s Monumental New Surrogacy Law Is Here! What Does It Do? Above the LawJanelle DoddMarch 28, 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, attorney, US Supreme Court, United States Supreme Court, donate embryo, embryo donation, RESOLVE: The National Infertility Association, Michigan, surrogacy law, Michigan law, Michigan Senate, Michigan Family Protection Act, Governor Gretchen Whitmer, Stephanie Jones, ectopic pregnancy, Michigan Fertility Alliance, Melissa Neckers, decriminalizing surrogacy, illegal surrogacy, legal surrogacy, anti-surrogacy, pro surrogacy, surrogacy friendly, parentage, establishing parentage, surrogacy journey, Michigan surrogacy law, Michigan surrogacy bill
Did The New Alabama IVF Protection Law Fix The State's Embryo Problem? Above the LawJanelle DoddMarch 14, 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, attorney, Alabama, Alabama Legislature, Supreme Court of Alabama, Alabama Governor Kay Ivey, Kay Ivey, IVF protection bill, children, Alabama Wrongful Death of a Minor Act, LePage v. Center for Reproductive Medicine, destroyed, wrongful death, extrauterine unborn children, Europe, European, fertility clinic, cryogenic nursery, frozen embryos, negligence, emotional distress, damages, embryonic children, loss of human life, claims, court claim, court case, trial, jury, zone of danger, emotional injury, physical injury, law professor, Dov Fox, judicial system, reproductive negligence, manslaughter, Alabama Supreme Court’s Chief Justice Parker, personhood, IVF, in vitro fertilization, ethics, ethical issues, ethical standards, Australia, New Zealand, law attorney, Sarah Jefford, Australia’s Prohibition on Human Cloning, Australian legislation, Australian law, US Supreme Court, United States Supreme Court, Iron Bowl State, Kate Shaw, podcast, Strict Scrutiny, Constitution’s Establishment Clause, federal, abortion drug, mifepristone, fetal personhood, U.S. Supreme Court Justice, Alabama state legislature, U.S. Donor Conceived Council, USDCC Vice President Tyler Levy Sniff, donate embryo, embryo donation, RESOLVE: The National Infertility Association, Federal Advocacy Day, Access to Family Building Act, blanket immunity, Birth Rights and Wrongs: How Medicine and Technology are Remaking Reproduction and the Law, Professor Jill Wieber Lens
5 Things You Should Know About The Alabama Declaration That Embryos Are People Above the LawJanelle DoddFebruary 29, 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, attorney, Alabama, Saturday Night Live, social media, memes, Supreme Court of Alabama children, Alabama Wrongful Death of a Minor Act, LePage v. Center for Reproductive Medicine, destroyed, wrongful death, extrauterine unborn children, children, Europe, European, fertility clinic, cryogenic nursery, frozen embryos, negligence, emotional distress, damages, embryonic children, loss of human life, claims, court claim, court case, trial, jury, zone of danger, emotional injury, physical injury, law professor, Dov Fox, judicial system, reproductive negligence, manslaughter, Alabama Supreme Court’s Chief Justice Parker, personhood, IVF, in vitro fertilization, ethics, ethical issues, ethical standards, Australia, New Zealand, law attorney, Sarah Jefford, Australia’s Prohibition on Human Cloning, Australian legislation, Australian law, US Supreme Court, United States Supreme Court, Iron Bowl State, Kate Shaw, podcast, Strict Scrutiny, Constitution’s Establishment Clause, federal, abortion drug, mifepristone, fetal personhood, U.S. Supreme Court Justice, Alabama state legislature, U.S. Donor Conceived Council, USDCC Vice President Tyler Levy Sniff, donate embryo, embryo donation, RESOLVE: The National Infertility Association, Federal Advocacy Day, Access to Family Building Act
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
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
US Legislators Introduce Bill To Protect IVF Throughout The Country Above the LawJanelle DoddDecember 31, 2022bright futures families, assisted reproductive technology, ART, infertility, fertility, attorney, Senator Tammy Duckworth, Senator Patty Murray, Congresswoman Susan Wild, Right to Build Families Act, Right to Build Families Act of 2022, sperm count, sperm, ICSI, Dobbs, personhood, personhood rights, anti-abortion legislation, Congress, Tennessee law, Louisiana law, Michigan law, Arizona law, colorado law, Donor-conceived Persons and Donor-conceived Persons Protection Act, surrogacy, embryo, embryos, embryo donation, embryo disposition, egg donation, sperm donation, donation, anonymous donation, anonymous egg donation, anonymous embryo donor, anonymous embryo donation, anonymous sperm donors, donor anonymity, gametes, Gonzales v Carhart, Supreme Court, US Supreme Court, U.S. Supreme Court, United States Supreme Court, Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act, Justice Clarence Thomas, Justice Thomas, Justice Scalia, Justice Antonin Scalia, Commerce Clause
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
Colorado Court Of Appeals Rules For Privacy Rights In Embryo Dispute Above the LawJanelle DoddJune 30, 2022assisted reproductive technology, ART, IVF, In Vitro Fertilization, infertility, cryopreservation, embryo, embryos, embryo donation, embryo disposition, Colorado, Colorado Court of Appeals, Court of Appeals, privacy rights, Dobbs, Roe, Casey, Rooks, Olsen, U.S. Supreme Court, United States Supreme Court, reproductive autonomy, religious beliefs, personhood, Eisenstadt
Is Andy Cohen’s Unusual Plan For His Embryos Even Legal? Janelle DoddJune 16, 2022assisted reproductive technology, ART, IVF, In Vitro Fertilization, infertility, Andy Cohen, cryopreservation, embryo, embryos, embryo donation, egg donation, surrogacy, sibling, siblings, children, genetics, sperm count, Embryo Connections, EmPower with Moxi, Gina Davis, Advocate Genetics, Maya Grobel, Deb Roberts
New York Proposes Donor-Conceived Person Protection Act Above the LawJanelle DoddJanuary 13, 2022assisted reproductive technology, ART, language, IVF, In Vitro Fertilization, anonymous, anonymous donor, donor conceived, donor conceived child, donor conceived person, New York, DonorAnonymity, donor anonymity, sperm, sperm donor, sperm donation, egg, eggs, egg donor, egg donation, embryo, embryo donation
Kansas Vital Statistics Denies Equal Treatment To Same-Sex Parents Above the LawJanelle DoddOctober 8, 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, embryo, embryos, embryo donation, 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, Kansas, birth certificate, Vital Statistics, Parent, parent, parents, parentage, parenthood, amended birth certificate, original birth certificate, court, court opinion, discrimination, same-sex parents, hospital, parent names on birth certificate, Parental Rights, equality, unequal treatment
Going Through IVF? 5 Surprises To Watch Out For When Signing Consent Forms Above the LawJanelle DoddOctober 1, 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, In Vitro Fertilization, in vitro fertilization, in-vitro fertilization, attorney, egg, eggs, Sperm, donation, embryo, embryos, embryo donation, donated embryos, legal, law