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
Denmark Passes New Pro-Surrogacy Regulations Above the LawJanelle DoddFebruary 15, 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, traditional surrogacy, gestational surrogacy, egg donor, egg donation, gamete, gamete donation, sperm donor, sperm donation, attorney, Denmark, Danish government, surrogacy-supportive, parentage, compensated surrogacy, surrogacy for compensation, surrogate compensation, altruism, altruistic surrogacy, noncompensated, noncompensated surrogacy, Europe, European, same-sex intended parents, Colorado, United States, surrogacy-friendly, IWTPABIY, I Want To Put A Baby In You, podcast, human rights, birth certificate, parental rights, European Court of Human Rights, K.K. and Others v. Denmark, Ukraine, Ukranian law, Danish Supreme Court, ECHR, parent-child relationship, nongenetic parent, age of surrogate, surrogate criteria, surrogate requirements, surrogate eligibility, guardianship
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
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+
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
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
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
The Respect For Marriage Act Is Remarkable, But Not Enough For LGBTQ+ Parents Above the LawJanelle DoddDecember 15, 2022BrightFuturesFamilies, 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
Jury Returns Surprising Verdict In Surrogacy Superfetation Case Above the LawJanelle DoddOctober 20, 2022BrightFuturesFamilies, assisted reproductive technology, ART, infertility, surrogacy, surrogate, Gestational carrier, Gestational Surrogate, Gestational Surrogacy, Pregnancy, pregnant, embryos, superfetation, law, lawsuit, countersuit, jury, contract, breach, agency, attorney, Omega Family Global Inc., Omega, parentage, Jessica Allen, Wardell Jasper, Frederick Gaston, twins
Will Proposed Bills Reverse Michigan’s Hostile Surrogacy Laws? Above the LawJanelle DoddOctober 6, 2022assisted reproductive technology, ART, IVF, In Vitro Fertilization, infertility, surrogacy, surrogate, gestational carrier, Michigan, Michigan law, Michigan surrogacy law, Gestational Surrogacy Parentage Act, birth certificate, bright futures families, Bright Futures Families, parentage
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
Colorado Looks To Pass Protections For Families Through Assisted Reproductive Technology Above the LawJanelle DoddMarch 11, 2022assisted reproductive technology, ART, IVF, In Vitro Fertilization, embryo, embryos, Ukraine, Russia, surrogacy, surrogate, surrogates, safe, safety, international, HeyReprotech, LGBTQ, lgbtq family building, same-sex parents, discrimination, Colorado, parentage, Parentage Affirmation Act, adoption, civil union, step-parent adoption, step parent adoption, second-parent adoption
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
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
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Connecticut Catches Up On LGBTQ+ Parentage Equality — Overdue And Just In Time Above the LawGuest UserJune 3, 2021LGBTQ, parentage, equality, New England, states, years, family, unequal treatment, Connecticut, court, judge, law, attorney
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