How do you talk to your child about their surrogacy experience? SurrogatesJanelle DoddApril 22, 2025bright futures families, growing families, surrogacy, surrogacy blog, surrogate, surrogates, gestational carrier, gestational carriers, gestational surrogacy, gestational surrogate, ivf, in vitro fertilization, surrogacy journey, surrogacy process, pregnant, pregnancy, relationship with surrogate, relationship with intended parents, relationship with gestational carrier, IP and GC relationship, relationship with IPs, relationship with GC, books about surrogacy, surrogates family, surrogates children, surrogate’s family, surrogate’s children, explain surrogacy, explaining surrogacy, explaining surrogacy to others, explaining surrogacy to children, donor conceived, donor-conceived, donor conceived person, donor-conceived person, surrogacy story, surrogacy experience, free consult, free consultation, schedule today, contact us, become a surrogate, apply now, assisted reproduction, assisted reproductive technology
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
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
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+
The Bad News Is That Nonbirthing Moms Now, More Than Ever, Need To Adopt Their Own Children. The Good News Is That At Least Some States Are Making That Easier Above the LawJanelle DoddJune 2, 2022assisted reproductive technology, ART, IVF, In Vitro Fertilization, infertility, Colorado, New Hampshire, California, Maryland, new jersey, LGBTQ, LGBTQ Rights, lgbt parenting, lgbtq family building, parentage, adoption, step-parent adoption, step parent adoption, second-parent adoption, Idaho Supreme Court, Oklahoma, donor-conceived, sperm donor, Marlos Law
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
