LGBTQ Families: Two Embryos or One? LGBTQJanelle DoddApril 30, 2024Bright Futures Families, conceiving bright futures, growing families, surrogacy, surrogate, gestational carrier, gestational surrogate, gestational surrogacy, intended parents, parents, surrogacy process, surrogacy journey, surrogacy agency, ivf, in vitro fertilization, fertility, fertility clinic, infertility, ip, ips, gc, gcs, assisted reproductive technology, ART, surrogacy statistics, statistic, statistics, lgbtq, reproductive endocrinologist, embryo, embryos, twins, multiples pregnancy, twin pregnancy, medical professional, multiple embryos, multiple embryo transfer, embryo split, medical risk
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
Statistics in Surrogacy Intended ParentsJanelle DoddApril 16, 2024Bright Futures Families, conceiving bright futures, growing families, surrogacy, surrogate, gestational carrier, gestational surrogate, gestational surrogacy, intended parents, parents, become a surrogate, surrogacy process, surrogacy journey, becoming a surrogate, become a gestational surrogate, becoming a gestational surrogate, become a gestational carrier, becoming a gestational carrier, surrogacy agency, ivf, in vitro fertilization, fertility, fertility clinic, infertility, ip, ips, gc, gcs, CDC, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, assisted reproductive technology, ART, surrogacy statistics, statistic, statistics
5 Things I Learned from Being a Gestational Carrier SurrogatesAmanda Kinnard-FuchsgruberApril 2, 2024Bright Futures Families, conceiving bright futures, growing families, surrogacy, surrogate, gestational carrier, gestational surrogate, gestational surrogacy, intended parents, parents, become a surrogate, surrogacy process, surrogacy journey, becoming a surrogate, become a gestational surrogate, becoming a gestational surrogate, become a gestational carrier, becoming a gestational carrier, independent surrogacy journey, surrogacy agency, surrogate support, support for surrogate, support system, support during pregnancy, support during surrogacy, ivf, in vitro fertilization, uterus, fertility, fertility clinic, infertility, pump, breast milk, pumping breast milk, ip, ips, gc, gcs, maternal fetal medicine doctor, lesson learned, lessons learned, surrogate story, surrogate experience, surrogacy story, surrogacy experience, my surrogacy journey, my surrogacy experience, experienced surrogate
A Day in the Life of a Gestational Carrier/Intake Coordinator and Case Manager LGBTQJanelle DoddFebruary 20, 2024Bright Futures Families, conceiving bright futures, growing families, surrogacy, surrogate, gestational carrier, gestational surrogate gestational surrogacy, intended parents, parents, become a surrogate, surrogacy process, surrogacy journey, surrogate requirements, surrogate criteria, surrogate eligibility, first surrogacy journey, second surrogacy journey, third surrogacy journey, multiple surrogacy journeys
Why do people choose to be a surrogate multiple times? SurrogatesJanelle DoddFebruary 6, 2024Bright Futures Families, conceiving bright futures, growing families, surrogacy, surrogate, gestational carrier, gestational surrogate gestational surrogacy, intended parents, parents, become a surrogate, surrogacy process, surrogacy journey, surrogate requirements, surrogate criteria, surrogate eligibility, first surrogacy journey, second surrogacy journey, third surrogacy journey, multiple surrogacy journeys
Idaho Passes Protective Surrogacy Law Above The LawJanelle DoddJune 15, 2023bright futures families, brightfuturesfamilies, Bright Futures Families, assisted reproduction, assisted reproductive technology, 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, Surrogacy laws, 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 intended parent, nongenetic intended parents, nongenetically related child, gestational surrogacy, traditional surrogacy, traditional surrogacy vs gestational surrogacy, intended parents, international surrogacy, International Surrogacy, foreign intended parents, Surrogate Qualifications, surrogate qualifications, medical qualification, intended parent qualifications, michigan, Michigan, Michigan law, Michigan surrogacy ban
Ukraine Considers Surrogacy Regulations In Wartime Above The LawJanelle DoddJune 1, 2023bright futures families, Bright Futures Families, brightfuturesfamilies, assisted reproductive technology, Assisted Reproductive Technology, assisted reproduction, ART, medical technology, infertility, fertility, surrogacy, Surrogacy laws, surrogacy law, Surrogacy, surrogacy regulations, surrogacy legislation, Ukrainian law, Ukrainian legislation, Ukraine, Ukraine Surrogacy Dispatches, regulation, regulations, proposed law, reproductive material, donor reproductive material, donor gamete, donor gametes, embryo donation, genetic relation, sex selection, gestational surrogacy, Gestational Surrogacy, traditional surrogacy, intended parents, Intended parents, Intended Parents, foreign intended parents, surrogate qualifications, 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, 2023bright futures families, Bright Futures Families, #BrightFuturesFamilies, conceiving bright futures, assisted reproductive technology, Assisted Reproductive Technology, ART, medical technology, infertility, fertility, reproductive technology, donor reproductive material, reproductive material, parentage, egg, donor egg, egg donation, egg donor, posthumous, post-mortem sperm retrieval, post-mortem gamete retrievals and use, posthumous sperm, posthumous conception, Spain, surrogacy law, Ana Obregon, Aless Lequoio, Peter Zhu, sperm retrieval, donor conceived child, donor conceived, donor conceived person, donor gametes, donor gamete, genetic, genetic relation, older, older parent, older parents
In Unprecedented Ruling, Court Orders Sperm Donor To Stop ... Or Else Above The LawJanelle DoddMay 4, 2023bright futures families, Bright Futures Families, assisted reproductive technology, ART, medical technology, infertility, fertility, i want to put a baby in you, I Want to Put a Baby in You podcast, I Want to Put a Baby in You, attorney, parentage, Sperm, SpermDonor, sperm, spermdoctor, spermdonor, sperm donor, sperm kings, sperm king, serial sperm donation, serial sperm donor, mass donor, mass sperm donor, mass sperm donation, Jonathan Jacob Meijer, Dutch, Dutch Ministry of Health, Donorkind Foundation, The Hague, fertility fraud, fertility law, Professor Jody Madeira, law professor, Andrew Nagel, New York, Israel, Israeli Ministry of Health, New Zealand, Kyle Gordy, California, Jacoba Ballard, Netflix, Netflix documentary, nongenetic, nongenetically related child, nongenetic parent, nongenetic parents, nongenetic intended parent, nongenetic intended parents, non-genetically related parents, genetic, genetics, genetic relation, Our Father, Our Father documentary, Eve Wiley, Donald Cline, doctor, doctor donor, donor conceived, donor gametes, donor gamete, LGBTQ, LGBTQ+, LGBTQIA, LGBTQIA+
Is IVG The Answer To LGBTQ+ Parentage Legal Problems? Above The LawJanelle DoddApril 19, 2023bright futures families, Bright Futures Families, assisted reproduction podcasts, assisted reproductive technology, Assisted Reproductive Technology, ART, medical technology, infertility, fertility, in vitro fertilization, in-vitro fertilization, IVF, IVG, in vitro gametogenesis, gametogenesis, gamete, gametes, Dr. Kathryn Go, I Want to Put a Baby in You, I Want to Put a Baby in You podcast, attorney, parentage, sperm, donor sperm, egg, donor egg, embryo, embryos, donor embryos, donor embryo, donor gamete, donor gametes, donor conceived, donor conceived child, donor conceived person, genetic, genetics, genetic relation, nongenetic, nongenetic parent, nongenetic parents, nongenetic intended parent, nongenetic intended parents, non-genetically related parents, nongenetically related child, law professor, Naomi Cahn, University of Virginia School of Law, LGBTQ, LGBTQ+, lgbtq, LGBTQIA, LGBTQIA+, lgbt families, lgbt parenting, lgbtq family building, lgbt
Jaw-Dropping Lawsuit Filed Against Dutch Serial Sperm Donor Above The LawJanelle DoddApril 6, 2023bright futures families, Bright Futures Families, conceiving bright futures, assisted reproductive technology, ART, infertility, fertility, attorney, lawsuit, sperm, SpermDonor, Sperm, spermdonor, spermdoctor, sperm donor, sperm kings, sperm bank, Sperm Bank, sperm donation, sperm donation contract, donor, donor-doctor, donorconceived, donor-conceived, donor conceived, Donor-conceived, DonorAnonymity, donor anonymity, donor criteria, donor eligibility, donors, donor sperm, doctor-donor, fertility clinic, fertility law, fertility lawsuit, fertility clinics, Fertility Clinics, serial sperm donor, serial sperm donation, mass donor, mass sperm donation, mass sperm donor, anonymous sperm donation, sperm king, sperm banks, Jonathan Jacob Meijer, genetics, genetic, genetic relation, incest, inbreeding, Dutch, Dutch Ministry of Health, One Wish, Jody Madeira, Professor Jody Madeira
Another Court Sends Shock Waves By Denying Parental Rights To Lesbian Mom Above The LawJanelle DoddMarch 24, 2023bright futures families, Bright Futures Families, assisted reproductive technology, Assisted Reproductive Technology, ART, infertility, fertility, attorney, sperm, donor sperm, donor conceived, donor conceived child, donor conceived person, genetic, non-genetically related parents, nongenetic, nongenetic parent, nongenetic parents, nongenetic intended parent, nongenetic intended parents, Pennsylvania, Superior Court of Pennsylvania, LGBTQ, LGBTQ+, LGBTQIA, LGBTQIA+, lgbtq family building, Nicole Junior, Chanel Glover, in vitro fertilization, IVF, second parent, second parent adoption, second-parent adoption, adoption, adoption law, family law, family law attorney, Helen Casale, genetic discrimination, LGBTQ+ discrimination, surrogacy, pre-birth order, pre birth order, prebirth parentage order, pre-birth parentage order, pre birth parentage 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, 2023bright futures families, Bright Futures Families, #BrightFuturesFamilies, assisted reproductive technology, Assisted Reproductive Technology, ART, infertility, fertility, attorney, sperm, SpermDonor, Sperm, spermdonor, spermdoctor, sperm donor, Sperm Switching, spermswap, sperm swap, sperm swapped, sperm donation, doctor, doctor-donor, donor-doctor, documentary, documents, Netflix documentary, fertility doctor, fertility doctors, Our Father, Our Father documentary, doctor-deceptive conception, Connecticut, Connecticut Judicial District of Hartford, DNA Kit, DNA, DNA test, home DNA test, home dna test, genetic, genetics, fertility law, fertility lawsuit, wrongful life, Indiana University Bloomington, Indiana University Bloomington Maurer School of Law, Professor Jody Madeira, Jody Madeira, law professor, Donald Cline, Ontario Superior Court, Vermont, verdict, Colorado, fertility fraud bill, federal bill, federal fertility fraud bill, 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, 2023bright futures families, Bright Futures Families, conceiving bright futures, assisted reproductive technology, Assisted Reproductive Technology, ART, infertility, fertility, attorney, sperm, SpermDonor, Sperm, spermdonor, sperm donor, sperm donation, sperm donation contract, sperm donor parental rights, sperm donor contracts, anonymous sperm donation, known sperm donor agreement, same-sex parents, same-sex, second-parent adoption, second parent, adoption, adoption law, adoption laws, parental rights, parentage, legal parent, legal parents, parenthood, Rebekah Wilson, Kris Williams, US Donor Conceived Council, anonymous donation, anonymous donor, anonymity, anonymous, anonymous gamete donation, donor anonymity, DonorAnonymity, Noel Tucker, Oklahoma, State of Oklahoma, Idaho, Idaho Supreme Court, Colorado, Connecting Rainbows, Genavieve Jaffe, Gena Jaffe, sexual orientation discrimination, LGBTQ, LGBTQ+, lgbtq, lgbt parenthood, lgbt parenting, lgbtq family building, family building lgbtq, lgbt families, LGBTQIA+, LGBTQIA, family, family law, family court, birth certificate, birth certificates, parent names on birth certificate, amended birth certificate, genetic, genetics, non-genetically related parents
Nightmare Ruling For Non-Genetically Related Israeli Parents By Surrogacy Above The LawJanelle DoddFebruary 9, 2023bright futures families, Bright Futures Families, assisted reproductive technology, Assisted Reproductive Technology, ART, art attorney, ART Law, ART law, infertility, infertile, fertile, fertility, attorneys, attorney, surrogate attorney, surrogacy attorney, Israel, Israeli surrogacy, Israel Supreme Court, Israeli, Israeli citizen, Israeli citizens, parentage, parenthood, Parent, parent, parents, parental rights, parent names on birth certificate, legal parent, legal parents, adopt, adoption, adoption law, adoption laws, second-parent adoption, family, family law, Family, Family Law, families, Israeli family court, Supreme Court, birth certificate, birth certificates, genetic, genetics, non-genetically related parents, Victoria Gelfand, surrogacy attorneys
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, 2023bright futures families, Bright Futures Families, assisted reproductive technology, Assisted Reproductive Technology, ART, infertility, fertility, attorney, art attorney, ART Law, West Virginia, Court of Appeals of West Virginia, Court of Appeals, Pennsylvania, Superior Court of Pennsylvania, Our Father, Our Father documentary, Netflix, Netflix documentary, surrogacy, Gestational Surrogate, Gestational Surrogacy, Gestational carrier, nonbinary, non binary, nonbinary parent, nonbinary parents, LGBTQ, LGBTQ+, lgbtq, lgbt families, lgbt parenting, gender, gender identity, egg harvesting, ova harvesting, stored ova, stored eggs, IUI, IVF, intrauterine insemination, in vitro fertilization, litigation, ART law, parental rights, birth certificate, parentage, fertility fraud, informed consent, DNA test, DNA, DNA Kit, HomeDNAtest, home DNA test, Donald Cline, fertility doctor, anonymous donor, anonymous donation, anonymous sperm donation, gamete, gametes, anonymous gamete donation, reproductive tissue, federal law, federal fertility fraud law, donor-conceived, Donor-conceived, donor conceived, fertility treatment
The Respect For Marriage Act Is Remarkable, But Not Enough For LGBTQ+ Parents Above The LawJanelle DoddDecember 15, 2022bright futures families, Bright Futures Families, assisted reproductive technology, ART, infertility, fertility, agency, surrogacy agency, surrogacy, surrogate, attorney, LGBTQ+, LGBTQ, lgbtq, lgbt parenthood, lgbt parenting, lgbt families, lgbtq family building, LGBTQ families and surrogacy, lgbtq families and surrogacy, family building lgbtq, Dobbs, Roe v. Wade, Obergefell v. Hodges, supremecourt, United States Supreme Court, U.S. Supreme Court, Supreme Court, Constitution, Justice Clarence Thomas, Justice Thomas, same-sex parents, same sex surrogacy, same-sex, same-sex couple, Congress, Respect for Marriage Act, Defense of Marriage Act, Windsor, marriage, same-sex marriage, Diane Hinson, Deborah Wald, parentage
Should 'Social Surrogacy' Be Permitted? Above The LawJanelle DoddNovember 17, 2022bright futures families, Bright Futures Families, assisted reproductive technology, Assisted Reproductive Technology, ART, infertility, fertility, agency, surrogacy agency, attorney, attorneys, LGBTQ, LGBTQ+, lgbtq, lgbtq family building, social surrogacy, choice, surrogacy, surrogate, surrogates, Gestational Surrogate, gestational, gestational surrogate, gestation, GestationalCarrier, Gestational carrier, SEEDS, Society for Ethics in Egg Donation and Surrogacy, donation, egg, sperm, embryo, eggs, 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, Fertilty, fertility doctor, fertility doctors, pregnancy, reproductive autonomy, 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 Above The LawJanelle DoddNovember 3, 2022Bright Futures Families, assisted reproductive technology, Assisted Reproductive Technology, ART, infertility, donor, donors, donor sperm, donor egg, donor embryo, donor eggs, donor embryos, anonymous, anonymous donor, DonorAnonymity, donor anonymity, Donor-Conceived Persons and Families of Donor-Conceived Persons Protection Act, U.S. Donor Conceived Council, California Cryobank, Donor Egg Bank USA, Fairfax Cryobank, Fairfax Eggbank, RESOLVE, Donor Conceived Australia, anonymity, donor conceived person, donor-conceived, donor conceived, Donor-conceived, donor identity, donor identity disclosure, donor eligibility, donor criteria, embryo, embryos, gamete, gametes, agency, attorney, law, Colorado Law, Colorado law, DNA, DNA Kit, DNA test, agencyattorney, HomeDNAtest, home DNA test, LGBTQ+, LGBTQ