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Are Surrogacy Insurance Liens A Form Of Infertility Discrimination?
Are Surrogacy Insurance Liens A Form Of Infertility Discrimination?
Above the LawJanelle Doddbright 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?
Is Sperm-Mix Up Case A Harbinger Of Increased IVF Regulation In India -- And Elsewhere?
Above the LawJanelle Doddbright 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
Maryland Appellate Ruling Confirms Continued Complexity Of Embryo Clashes
Maryland Appellate Ruling Confirms Continued Complexity Of Embryo Clashes
Above the LawJanelle Doddbright 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, Maryland, United States, United States surrogacy, surrogacy in the United States, ASRM, American Society for Reproductive Medicine, fertility clinic, IVF, in vitro fertilization, Court of Appeals, Court of Appeals of Maryland, Supreme Court, Eisenstadt v. Baird, U.S. Supreme Court, United States Supreme Court, Roe, Wade, Roe v. Wade, Dobbs, Dobbs v. Jackson, Women’s Health Organization, Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, embryo dispute, divorce, embryo disposition, cryobank, cryopreservation, oral agreement
Is It Legal To Have 10 Children By Surrogacy At The Same Time?
Is It Legal To Have 10 Children By Surrogacy At The Same Time?
Above the LawJanelle Doddbright 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, Mitsutoki Shigeta, Mariam Kukunashvili, Down syndrome, Thailand, surrogacy in Thailand, Eastern Europe, Georgia, Galip Ozturk, Kristina Ozturk, Kristina and Galip Ozturk, Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili, regulated surrogacy, Georgia law, United States, United States surrogacy, surrogacy in the United States, ASRM, American Society for Reproductive Medicine, fertility clinic
Italy Takes Aggressive Anti-LGBTQ+ Family Measures
Italy Takes Aggressive Anti-LGBTQ+ Family Measures
Above the LawJanelle DoddBrightFuturesFamilies, 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
Idaho Passes Protective Surrogacy Law
Above the LawJanelle DoddBrightFuturesFamilies, 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
Ukraine Considers Surrogacy Regulations In Wartime
Above the LawJanelle DoddBrightFuturesFamilies, 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?
Is A 68-Year-Old Arranging The Birth Of Her Deceased Son’s Child By Surrogacy Legal?
Above the LawJanelle DoddBrightFuturesFamilies, 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
In Unprecedented Ruling, Court Orders Sperm Donor To Stop ... Or Else
In Unprecedented Ruling, Court Orders Sperm Donor To Stop ... Or Else
Above the LawJanelle Doddbrightfuturesfamilies, 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+
Is IVG The Answer To LGBTQ+ Parentage Legal Problems?
Is IVG The Answer To LGBTQ+ Parentage Legal Problems?
Above the LawJanelle Doddbright 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
Jaw-Dropping Lawsuit Filed Against Dutch Serial Sperm Donor
Above the LawJanelle DoddBrightFuturesFamilies, 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
Another Court Sends Shock Waves By Denying Parental Rights To Lesbian Mom
Above the LawJanelle DoddBrightFuturesFamilies, 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
A Connecticut Court Just Dismissed A Case Against A Doctor Who Secretly Inseminated His Patients With His Own Sperm
Above the LawJanelle DoddBrightFuturesFamilies, 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
Oklahoma Court Grants Parental Rights To Sperm Donor; Removes Second Mom From Birth Certificate
Above the LawJanelle DoddBrightFuturesFamilies, 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
Nightmare Ruling For Non-Genetically Related Israeli Parents By Surrogacy
Above the LawJanelle DoddBrightFuturesFamilies, 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?
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 DoddBrightFuturesFamilies, 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
US Legislators Introduce Bill To Protect IVF Throughout The Country
US Legislators Introduce Bill To Protect IVF Throughout The Country
Above the LawJanelle Doddbright 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
The Respect For Marriage Act Is Remarkable, But Not Enough For LGBTQ+ Parents
The Respect For Marriage Act Is Remarkable, But Not Enough For LGBTQ+ Parents
Above the LawJanelle DoddBrightFuturesFamilies, assisted reproductive technology, ART, infertility, fertility, agency, surrogacy agency, attorney, LGBTQ, LGBTQ+, lgbt parenting, Dobbs, Roe v. Wade, Obergefell v. Hodges, US Supreme Court, United States Supreme Court, Supreme Court, Constitution, Justice Thomas, Justice Clarence Thomas, same-sex parents, same-sex, same-sex couple, Congress, Respect for Marriage Act, Defense of Marriage Act, Windsor, marriage, same-sex marriage, Diane Hinson, Deborah Wald, parentage, Surrogacy, surrogate
Should 'Social Surrogacy' Be Permitted?
Should 'Social Surrogacy' Be Permitted?
Above the LawJanelle DoddBrightFuturesFamilies, 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
Historic Meeting Ushers In New Era In US Donor Conception
Historic Meeting Ushers In New Era In US Donor Conception
Above the LawJanelle Doddbright 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+