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
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
Legal Recognition Of 3-Plus-Parent Families Slowly Expanding Above The LawJanelle DoddOctober 5, 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, polyamory, polyamorous relationship, 3 dads, three dads, birth certificate, parents on birth certificate, intended parents names on birth certificate, parents names on birth certificate, Three Dads and a Baby, co-parent, co-parenting, family law, family attorney, family court, Southern California, California court, Joyce Kauffman, Massachusetts, California, US Supreme Court. United States Supreme Court, Dobbs, Congress, Supreme Court, United States Congress, US Congress, U.S. Congress, U.S. Supreme Court, Respect for Marriage Act, PLAC, Polyamory Legal Advocacy Coalition, Harvard Law Review, Diana Adams, Chosen Family Law Center, TEDTalk, Professor Nancy Polikoff, Nancy Polikoff
Georgia Appellate Court Issues Whiplash Embryo Ruling Above The LawJanelle DoddSeptember 21, 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, divorce, cryopreservation, embryos during divorce, frozen embryo, frozen embryos, IVF treatment, counterfeit IVF treatment, adoption, illegal adoption, forgery, fraud, DNA test, egg donation, ethics committee, oocyte, oocyte donation, oocyte retrieval, ovary, ovaries, ovarian stimulation, Society for Ethics in Egg Donation and Surrogacy, SEEDS, Court of Appeals, Court of Appeals of Georgia, Smith v. Smith, vasectomy, vasectomy reversal, fertility treatment, viable embryo, property dispute, single embryo, embryo dispute, dissolution of marriage, contract, contracts, contractual agreement, Agreement for Cryopreservation of Embryos and or Oocyte, disposition, disposition of embryos, embryo transfer, embryo disposition, division of property, equitable division of property, Lila Newberry Bradley, IWTPABIY, I Want to Put a Baby in You, I Want To Put A Baby In You, Supreme Court of Georgia
Will Human Trafficking Surrogacy Charges In Greece Affect The US? Above The LawJanelle DoddSeptember 6, 2023bright futures families, assisted reproductive technology, assisted reproduction, ART, infertility, fertility, surrogacy, 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, IVF treatment, counterfeit IVF treatment, American medical system, medical system, legal, insurance policy, insurance policies, medical expense, medical expenses, insurance coverage, pregnancy, pregnancy-related expense, pregnancy-related expenses, coverage, compensation, compensated, compensate, compensation for surrogacy, surrogacy compensation, surrogate compensation, Greece, human trafficking, Mediterranean Fertility Institute, adoption, illegal adoption, forgery, fraud, bodily harm, charges, Australia, DNA test, Sara Jefford, attorney, Australian surrogacy, Australian law, Michigan, egg donation, altruistic surrogacy, egg donor compensation, donor compensation, ethics committee, oocyte, oocyte donation, oocyte retrieval, ovary, ovaries, ovarian stimulation, Society for Ethics in Egg Donation and Surrogacy, SEEDS, financially stable, financial stability, financial coercion
Are Surrogacy Insurance Liens A Form Of Infertility Discrimination? Above The LawJanelle DoddAugust 23, 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, 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? Above The LawJanelle DoddAugust 10, 2023bright 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
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