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, 2023BrightFuturesFamilies, bright futures families, Bright Futures Families, assisted reproduction, 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 arrangement, surrogacy law, surrogacy legislation, surrogate requirements, surrogate eligibility, reproductive material, donor reproductive material, embryo donation, donor gametes, genetic relation, nongenetic, nongenetic parent, nongenetic parents, nongenetic intended parent, gestational surrogacy, traditional surrogacy, intended parents, international parents, foreign intended parents, 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, 2023BrightFuturesFamilies, bright futures families, Bright Futures Families, assisted reproduction, assisted reproductive technology, ART, medical technology, infertility, fertility, surrogacy, Surrogacy laws, surrogacy law, 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, 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, 2023BrightFuturesFamilies, bright futures families, Bright Futures Families, assisted reproduction, assisted reproductive technology, ART, medical technology, reproductive technology, infertility, fertility, reproductive material, donor 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, donor gamete, donor gametes, genetic, genetic relation, genetics, older, older parent, older parents
In Unprecedented Ruling, Court Orders Sperm Donor To Stop ... Or Else Above The LawJanelle DoddMay 4, 2023BrightFuturesFamilies, bright 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, art attorney, attorneys, attorney, parentage, sperm, donor sperm, doctor-donor, donor, donation, sperm donation, serial sperm donor, serial sperm donation, mass donor, mass sperm donor, mass sperm donation, sperm king, sperm kings, mass donors, 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, Our Father, Our Father documentary, Eve Wiley, Donald Cline, doctor donor, donor doctor, donor conceived, donor gamete, donor gametes, genetic, genetics, genetic relation, nongenetic, nongenetic parent, nongenetic parents, nongenetic intended parent, non-genetic, non-genetically related parent, non-genetically related parents, LGBTQ, LGBTQ+
Is IVG The Answer To LGBTQ+ Parentage Legal Problems? Above The LawJanelle DoddApril 19, 2023BrightFuturesFamilies, bright futures families, Bright Futures Families, assisted reproduction podcasts, assisted reproduction, assisted reproductive technology, ART, art attorney, ART Law, medical technology, infertility, fertility, in vitro fertilization, in vitro 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, 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, nongenetic, law professor, Naomi Cahn, University of Virginia School of Law, LGBTQ, LGBTQ+, lgbtq, LGBTQIA, LGBTQIA+, lgbt, lgbt parenting, lgbtq family building, LGBTQ+ family building
Jaw-Dropping Lawsuit Filed Against Dutch Serial Sperm Donor Above The LawJanelle DoddApril 6, 2023BrightFuturesFamilies, bright futures families, Bright Futures Families, assisted reproductive technology, ART, infertility, fertility, fertility clinics, fertility doctors, fertility clinic, Fertility Clinics, fertility doctor, Fertility Doctor sperm donor, fertility law, fertility fraud, Fertility Fraud, attorney, lawsuit, fertility lawsuit, sperm, Sperm, spermdonor, sperm donor, sperm kings, sperm bank, Sperm Bank, sperm donation, anonymous sperm donation, donor, donor-doctor, donor-conceived, donor conceived, Donor-conceived, donoranonymity, donor anonymity, serial sperm donor, serial sperm donation, mass donor, mass sperm donation, mass sperm donor, Jonathan Jacob Meijer, genetic, genetic relation, full sibling, full siblings, 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, 2023BrightFuturesFamilies, bright futures families, Bright Futures Families, assisted reproductive technology, ART, infertility, fertility, attorney, sperm, donor sperm, donor conceived, donor conceived child, donor conceived person, genetic, genetic relation, nongenetic parent, nongenetic parents, non-genetic, non-genetically related parent, non-genetically related parents, nongenetic intended parent, Pennsylvania, Superior Court of Pennsylvania, LGBTQ, LGBTQ+, LGBTQIA, LGBTQIA+, LGBTQ+ family building, Nicole Junior, Chanel Glover, in vitro fertilization, ivf, IVF, second parent, adoption, second parent adoption, surrogacy, pre birth order, pre birth parentage order, pre-birth order, Pre-birth 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, 2023BrightFuturesFamilies, bright futures families, Bright Futures Families, assisted reproduction, assisted reproductive technology, ART, infertility, fertility doctors, fertility, attorney, sperm, Sperm, Sperm Switching, sperm swap, sperm donor, sperm donation, doctor, doctor-donor, donor-doctor, documentary, Netflix documentary, Our Father, Our Father documentary, Donald Cline, doctor-deceptive conception, donor conceived, donor conceived child, donor conceived person, Connecticut, Connecticut Judicial District of Hartford, dna, DNA Kit, DNA Tests, DNA test, DNA, home DNA kit, home DNA test, genetic, fertility law, fertility lawsuit, wrongful life, Indiana University Bloomington, Maurer School of Law, Jody Madeira, Professor Jody Madeira, law professor, Netflix, Ontario Superior Court, Vermont, Colorado, fertility fraud bill, federal bill, federal law, federal fertility fraud law, 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, BrightFuturesFamilies, Bright Futures Families, assisted reproductive technology, ART, infertility, fertility, attorney, Sperm, spermdonor, sperm, sperm donor, known sperm donor agreement, donor, donor identity, gamete donor, donate, donation, sperm donation, sperm donation contract, donor anonymity, anonymity, anonymous, anonymous donor, anonymous sperm donor, anonymous sperm donation, donoranonymity, same-sex parents, second parent, second-parent adoption, adopt, adoption, adoption law, adoption laws, parental rights, sperm donor parental rights, parentage, parent, legal parent, legal parents, 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, sexual orientation discrimination, US Donor Conceived Council, LGBTQ, lgbt, LGBTQ+, lgbtq, lgbt parenting, lgbtq rights, lgbtq family building, LGBTQIA, LGBTQIA+, family court, family law, birth certificate, genetic, genetics, non-genetic, genetic relation, non-genetically related parents, nongenetic parent, nongenetic parents, non-genetically related parent
Nightmare Ruling For Non-Genetically Related Israeli Parents By Surrogacy Above The LawJanelle DoddFebruary 9, 2023BrightFuturesFamilies, bright futures families, Bright Futures Families, assisted reproductive technology, assisted reproduction, art, ART, art attorney, ART Law, ART law, infertile, infertility, fertility, attorney, attorneys, Israel, Israeli surrogacy, Israel Supreme Court, Israeli, parentage, parenthood, Parent, parent, parents, parental rights, parent names on birth certificate, adoptive parents, adopt, second-parent adoption, adoption, adoption law, adoption laws, Israeli citizen, Israeli citizens, family, family court, Israeli family court, Supreme Court, birth certificate, genetic, non-genetic, non-genetically related parents, genetic relation, Victoria Gelfand, surrogacy attorney, surrogacy attorneys, family law
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, BrightFuturesFamilies, Bright Futures Families, assisted reproductive technology, ART, ART Law, ART law, infertility, fertility, attorney, West Virginia, Court of Appeals of West Virginia, Superior Court of Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania, Our Father, Our Father documentary, Netflix, Netflix documentary, surrogacy, Gestational Surrogate, Gestational carrier, nonbinary, non binary, nonbinary parent, nonbinary parents, LGBTQ, lgbt, LGBTQ+, lgbtq, lgbt parenting, lgbtq family building, federal law, egg harvesting, ova harvesting, stored ova, stored egg, IUI, IVF, intrauterine insemination, in vitro fertilization, litigation, parental rights, birth certificate, parentage, fertility fraud, dna, DNA, DNA Tests, DNA test, DNA Kit, home DNA test, home DNA kit, federal fertility fraud law, donor conceived, donor-conceived, fertility treatment
The Respect For Marriage Act Is Remarkable, But Not Enough For LGBTQ+ Parents Above The LawJanelle DoddDecember 15, 2022BrightFuturesFamilies, bright futures families, Bright Futures Families, assisted reproductive technology, ART, infertility, fertility, agency, surrogacy agency, attorney, LGBTQ, lgbt, LGBTQ+, lgbtq, lgbt parenting, lgbtq family building, LGBTQ families and surrogacy, lgbtq families and surrogacy, Dobbs, Roe v. Wade, Obergefell v. Hodges, Supreme Court, U.S. Supreme Court, United States Supreme Court, Constitution, Justice Clarence Thomas, Justice Thomas, same-sex parents, same-sex parenting, 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, surrogacy, surrogate
Should 'Social Surrogacy' Be Permitted? Above The LawJanelle DoddNovember 17, 2022BrightFuturesFamilies, bright futures families, Bright Futures Families, assisted reproductive technology, ART, infertility, fertility, agency, surrogacy agency, art attorney, attorneys, LGBTQ, LGBTQ+, lgbtq, social surrogacy, choice, surrogacy, surrogate, surrogates, gestational surrogate, gestational surrogacy, gestational surrogacy agency, gestational carrier, gestational carriers, 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, fertility doctor, fertility doctors, pregnancy, 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, Bright Futures Families, assisted reproductive technology, ART, infertility, donor, donors, donor sperm, donor egg, donor embryo, donor eggs, donor embryos, donor conceived person, donor-conceived, donor conceived, Donor-conceived, donoranonymity, Donor-conceived Persons and Donor-conceived Persons Protection Act, donor anonymity, US Donor Conceived Council, Egg donor, spermdonor, egg donor, Colorado, Colorado law, donor criteria, donor identity, donor identity disclosure, donor eligibility, anonymous, anonymous donor, anonymity, Donor Conceived Australia, RESOLVE, California Cryobank, Donor Egg Bank USA, Fairfax Cryobank, Fairfax Eggbank, embryo, embryos, gamete, gametes, agency, attorney, law, dna, DNA, DNA Kit, DNA Tests, DNA test, home DNA test, home DNA kit, LGBTQ, LGBTQ+