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
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
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
