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, 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
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
Jury Returns Surprising Verdict In Surrogacy Superfetation Case Above The LawJanelle DoddOctober 20, 2022bright futures families, assisted reproductive technology, ART, infertility, surrogacy, surrogate, Gestational Surrogate, Gestational carrier, pregnancy, pregnant, embryos, twins, superfetation, law, lawsuit, jury, countersuit, contract, breach, agency, attorney, Omega, Omega Family Global Inc., parentage, Jessica Allen, Wardell Jasper, Frederick Gaston
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, law, Gestational Surrogacy Parentage Act, birth certificate, bright futures families, Michigan surrogacy ban, 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, lgbt parenting, lgbt families, lgbtq family building, parentage, adoption, step-parent adoption, step parent adoption, Idaho Supreme Court, Oklahoma, donor-conceived, sperm donor, Marlos Law, second-parent adoption
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, 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 laws, intended parent, intended parents, surrogacy legal, assisted reproductive technology, Assisted Reproductive Technology, Law, Intended parents, fertility, fertility law, lgbtq family building, family building lgbtq, family building for gay couples, alternative family building options, legal, law, hospital, same-sex parents, court, courts, gay parenting, gay, gay parenthood, gay moms, lesbian, lesbians, lesbian moms, lesbian parents, lesbian parenting, lesbian parenthood, lgbt parenting, lgbtq, LGBTQ, lgbt parenthood, birth certificate, birth certificates, Parent, parent, parents, parentage, parental rights, parenthood, parent names on birth certificate, discrimination, equality, unequal treatment, vital statistics, Idaho, intrauterine insemination, insemination, artificial insemination, online contract, attorney, Sperm, sperm, SpermDonor, spermdonor, sperm donor, sperm donation, sperm donation contract, sperm donor parental rights, sperm donor contracts, donor, donorconceived, donor sperm, donation, name, name change, gender, marriage certificate, California
Parents By Sperm Donation Should Be Very Concerned About This Idaho Supreme Court Ruling Above The LawJanelle DoddOctober 14, 2021Surrogacy laws, intended parent, intended parents, surrogacy legal, assisted reproductive technology, Assisted Reproductive Technology, Law, Intended parents, fertility, fertility law, lgbtq family building, family building lgbtq, family building for gay couples, alternative family building options, legal, law, hospital, same-sex parents, court, courts, gay parenting, gay, gay parenthood, gay moms, lesbian, lesbians, lesbian moms, lesbian parents, lesbian parenting, lesbian parenthood, lgbt parenting, lgbtq, LGBTQ, lgbt parenthood, birth certificate, birth certificates, Parent, parent, parents, parentage, parental rights, parenthood, parent names on birth certificate, discrimination, equality, unequal treatment, vital statistics, Idaho, intrauterine insemination, insemination, artificial insemination, online contract, attorney, Sperm, sperm, SpermDonor, spermdonor, sperm donor, sperm donation, sperm donation contract, sperm donor parental rights, sperm donor contracts, donor, donorconceived, donor sperm, donation
Kansas Vital Statistics Denies Equal Treatment To Same-Sex Parents Above The LawJanelle DoddOctober 8, 2021Surrogacy laws, intended parent, intended parents, surrogacy legal, assisted reproductive technology, Assisted Reproductive Technology, Law, Intended parents, fertility, fertility law, lgbtq family building, family building lgbtq, family building for gay couples, alternative family building options, legal, law, hospital, same-sex parents, court, courts, gay parenting, gay, gay parenthood, gay moms, lesbian, lesbians, lesbian moms, lesbian parents, lesbian parenting, lesbian parenthood, lgbt parenting, lgbtq, LGBTQ, lgbt parenthood, birth certificate, birth certificates, original birth certificate, amended birth certificate, Parent, parent, parents, parentage, parental rights, parenthood, parent names on birth certificate, Kansas, discrimination, equality, unequal treatment, vital statistics
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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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