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, 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
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
Jury Returns Surprising Verdict In Surrogacy Superfetation Case Above The LawJanelle DoddOctober 20, 2022BrightFuturesFamilies, bright futures families, assisted reproductive technology, ART, infertility, surrogacy, surrogate, gestational carrier, Gestational Surrogate, gestational surrogacy, pregnant, pregnancy, embryo, twins, superfetation, law, lawsuit, jury, countersuit, contract, breach, agency, attorney, Omega Family Global Inc., Omega, 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, law, Michigan 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, lgbtq family building, lgbt parenting, lgbtq rights, 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, 2021lgbtq family building, family building for gay couples, infertile family building, intended parent, IntendedParents, Intended parents, attorney, lawyer, donation, in vitro fertilization, in-vitro fertilization, legal, law, lgbt parenting, lgbtq, LGBTQ, lgbt, gay moms, gay parenthood, gay parenting, GayMoms, gay, gay and lesbian parenting, lesbian, lesbians, lesbian moms, lesbian parenthood, lgbtq rights, parenthood, Parent, parent, parents, parentage, parenting, parental rights, parent names on birth certificate, Birth certificates, birth certificate, court, courts, amended birth certificate, original birth certificate, same-sex parents, unequal treatment, insemination, intrauterine insemination, artificial insemination, Idaho, online contract, Sperm, sperm, spermdonor, sperm donor, sperm donation, sperm donation contract, sperm donor parental rights, sperm donor contracts, donor, donor conceived, donate, donor sperm, name, name change, marriage certificate, gender, California
Parents By Sperm Donation Should Be Very Concerned About This Idaho Supreme Court Ruling Above The LawJanelle DoddOctober 14, 2021lgbtq family building, family building for gay couples, infertile family building, intended parent, IntendedParents, Intended parents, attorney, lawyer, donation, in vitro fertilization, in-vitro fertilization, legal, law, lgbt parenting, lgbtq, LGBTQ, lgbt, gay moms, gay parenthood, gay parenting, GayMoms, gay, gay and lesbian parenting, lesbian, lesbians, lesbian moms, lesbian parenthood, lgbtq rights, parenthood, Parent, parent, parents, parentage, parenting, parental rights, parent names on birth certificate, Birth certificates, birth certificate, court, courts, amended birth certificate, original birth certificate, same-sex parents, unequal treatment, insemination, intrauterine insemination, artificial insemination, Idaho, online contract, Sperm, sperm, spermdonor, sperm donor, sperm donation, sperm donation contract, sperm donor parental rights, sperm donor contracts, donor, donor conceived, donate, donor sperm
Kansas Vital Statistics Denies Equal Treatment To Same-Sex Parents Above The LawJanelle DoddOctober 8, 2021lgbtq family building, family building for gay couples, infertile family building, intended parent, IntendedParents, Intended parents, attorney, lawyer, donation, in vitro fertilization, in-vitro fertilization, legal, law, lgbt parenting, lgbtq, LGBTQ, lgbt, gay moms, gay parenthood, gay parenting, GayMoms, gay, gay and lesbian parenting, lesbian, lesbians, lesbian moms, lesbian parenthood, lgbtq rights, parenthood, Parent, parent, parents, parentage, parenting, parental rights, parent names on birth certificate, Birth certificates, birth certificate, court, courts, amended birth certificate, original birth certificate, Kansas, hospital, same-sex parents, discrimination, equality, unequal treatment
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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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