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
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
Access To Family Building Bill Looks To Federally Protect IVF Above The LawJanelle DoddFebruary 1, 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, Access To Family Building, Access To Family Building Bill, state legislature, senator, representative, state senator, state representative, Tammy Duckworth, Senator Tammy Duckworth, Susan Wild, Congresswoman Susan Wild, reproductive health, assisted reproductive services, fertility treatment, fertilization, unborn child, human fetus, abortion, Oklahoma, Respect for Marriage Act, Justice Thomas, Dobbs, Supreme Court, Roe v. Wade, Planned Parenthood v. Casey, Congress, Marriage Protection Act, genetic material, Louisiana, juridical persons, ovum, Right to Build Families Act, Federal Advocacy Day, RESOLVE, RESOLVE: the National Infertility Association, American Society for Reproductive Medicine, ASRM, U.S. Senator, United States Senator, US Senator
Pennsylvania Appellate Court Issues Important Win For Parents Using Assisted Reproduction Above The LawJanelle DoddJanuary 18, 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, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Court of Appeals, Pennsylvania Supreme Court, court of appeals, egg donor, egg donation, gamete, gamete donation, sperm donor, sperm donation, attorney, legal dispute, contract, legal contract, agreement, written contract, written agreement, consent, designation of embryos, custody, custody dispute, custodial rights, disposition of embryos, offspring, parallel language, Superior Court of Pennsylvania, Junior v. Glover, genetic, genetics, genetic connection, dna, nonbiological parent, Nicole Junior, Chanel Glover, marital assumption, nonbirthing parent, Pennsylvania law, Pennsylvania Chapter of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, AAML, Academy of Adoption and Assisted Reproduction Attorney, Philadelphia Legal Assistance, Philadelphia Family Pride, intent-based parentage, CJ v JH, Judge J. King, Helen Casale, same-sex couple
Oregon Supreme Court Rules On Messy Multimillionaire Heir, Egg Donor Case Above The LawJanelle DoddJanuary 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, traditional surrogacy, gestational surrogacy, Omega, insurance, insurance for surrogacy, surrogacy insurance, surrogacy insurance scandal, insurance company, insurance companies, surrogacy journey, insurance for surrogacy journey, insurance premium, insurance premiums, insurance coverage, insurance scandal, PregnancyCare, Omega Family Services, LyfGro Insurance Solutions, Prime Insurance Solutions, DBA, doing business as, company name, company names, business name, business names, business name change, bankrupt, bankruptcy, agency, insurance agency, surrogacy agency, liquidation, Omega Insurance Company SP, Performance Insurance Company SPC, Cayman Islands, joint official liquidators, JOL, State of Oregon, Oregon, Department of Consumer and Business Services, Division of Financial Regulation, Robert Y. Park, Robert Y Park, Robert Park, AXA, State National, Oregon State Law, Lisa Stark Hughes, SEEDS, Society for Ethics in Egg Donation and Surrogacy, ART Risk, ART Risk Financial & Insurance Solutions, SurroPlans, Oregon Supreme Court, Oregon Court of Appeals, court of appeals, heir, multimillionaire, egg donor, egg donation, gamete, gamete donation, sperm donor, sperm donation, attorney, legal dispute, Jordan Schnitzer, philanthropist, Cory Sause, contract, legal contract, agreement, written contract, written agreement, Nudelman, Nudelman agreement, consent, designation of embryos, custody, custody dispute, custodial rights, disposition of embryos, offspring, parallel language, Lehr v. Robertson, Academy of Adoption and Assisted Reproduction Attorneys, The Academy of Adoption and Assisted Reproduction Attorneys, AAAA, American Society for Reproductive Medicine, ASRM, RESOLVE: the National Infertility Association, Robin Pope
Prominent Fertility Doctors Accused Of Using Their Own Sperm On Patients Above The LawJanelle DoddDecember 21, 2023bright 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, Omega, insurance, insurance for surrogacy, surrogacy insurance, surrogacy insurance scandal, insurance company, insurance companies, surrogacy journey, insurance for surrogacy journey, insurance premium, insurance premiums, insurance coverage, insurance scandal, PregnancyCare, Omega Family Services, LyfGro Insurance Solutions, Prime Insurance Solutions, DBA, doing business as, company name, company names, business name, business names, business name change, bankrupt, bankruptcy, agency, insurance agency, surrogacy agency, liquidation, Omega Insurance Company SP, Performance Insurance Company SPC, Cayman Islands, joint official liquidators, JOL, State of Oregon, Oregon, Department of Consumer and Business Services, Division of Financial Regulation, Robert Y. Park, Robert Y Park, Robert Park, AXA, State National, Oregon State Law, Lisa Stark Hughes, SEEDS, Society for Ethics in Egg Donation and Surrogacy, ART Risk, ART Risk Financial & Insurance Solutions, SurroPlans
More Bad News For Victims Of A Surrogacy Insurance Scandal Above The LawJanelle DoddNovember 30, 2023bright 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, Omega, insurance, insurance for surrogacy, surrogacy insurance, surrogacy insurance scandal, insurance company, insurance companies, surrogacy journey, insurance for surrogacy journey, insurance premium, insurance premiums, insurance coverage, insurance scandal, PregnancyCare, Omega Family Services, LyfGro Insurance Solutions, Prime Insurance Solutions, DBA, doing business as, company name, company names, business name, business names, business name change, bankrupt, bankruptcy, agency, insurance agency, surrogacy agency, liquidation, Omega Insurance Company SP, Performance Insurance Company SPC, Cayman Islands, joint official liquidators, JOL, State of Oregon, Oregon, Department of Consumer and Business Services, Division of Financial Regulation, Robert Y. Park, Robert Y Park, Robert Park, AXA, State National, Oregon State Law, Lisa Stark Hughes, SEEDS, Society for Ethics in Egg Donation and Surrogacy, ART Risk, ART Risk Financial & Insurance Solutions, SurroPlans
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
How Will Newly Confirmed Judge Sarah Pitlyk Rule In Surrogacy Cases? Above The LawPatricia NelsonDecember 12, 2019federaljudge, sarahpitlyk, surrogacy law, assisted reproductive technology, southwestsurrogacy, Above The Law
Rabbinical Court Rejects Donor-Conceived Child As Jewish Above The LawPatricia NelsonDecember 5, 2019donorconceived, religiouscomplications, southwestsurrogacy, Above The Law
Dramatic Case Results In the First United Arab Emirates Surrogacy Ruling Above The LawPatricia NelsonNovember 28, 2019Above The Law, surrogacy law, surrogacy, southwestsurrogacy
Connecticut Supreme Court Restores Reason To Embryo Wars, Also Punts On Key Questions Above The LawPatricia NelsonNovember 14, 2019embryowars, IVF, connecticut, supremecourt, Above The Law, trachmanlaw
Scarier Than Halloween: Polish Government Legalizes Involuntary ‘Donation’ Of Embryos Above The LawPatricia NelsonOctober 31, 2019Embryos, Polishgovernment, Above The Law, southwestsurrogacy, surrogacy
Beware Of The Home DNA Test! Mom Strikes Back Against Sperm Bank Above The LawPatricia NelsonOctober 24, 2019HomeDNAtest, DNA test, DNA Kit, Sperm Bank, Above The Law, southwestsurrogacy
Transgender Man Ruled ‘Mother’ Of His Child Above The LawPatricia NelsonOctober 17, 2019lgbt families, LGBTQ, Above The Law, law, surrogacy