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, Bright Futures Families, brightfuturefamilies, assisted reproduction, assistedreproduction, 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, donor gametes, embryo donation, genetic relation, nongenetic, nongenetic parent, nongenetic intended parent, nongenetic intended parents, nongenetically related child, nongenetically related parent, non-genetically related parents, gestational surrogacy, traditional surrogacy, IntendedParents, intended parent, Intended parents, intended parents, Intended Parents, foreign intended parents, international 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, 2023bright futures families, Bright Futures Families, brightfuturefamilies, assistedreproduction, assisted reproduction, assisted reproductive technology, ART, medical technology, infertility, fertility, surrogacy, Surrogacy laws, surrogacy law, surrogacy legislation, surrogacy regulations, Surrogacy Law, 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, 2023bright futures families, Bright Futures Families, brightfuturefamilies, assistedreproduction, assisted reproductive technology, assisted reproduction, ART, medical technology, infertility, fertility, reproductive technology, reproductive material, donor reproductive material, parentage, egg, donor egg, egg donor, egg donation, posthumous, posthumous sperm, posthumous conception, post-mortem sperm retrieval, 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, brightfuturefamilies, 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, spermdonor, sperm donor, sperm kings, sperm donation, mass donor, mass donation, mass sperm donor, mass sperm donation, serial sperm donor, serial donor, serial 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, Our Father, Our Father documentary, Eve Wiley, Donald Cline, donor-doctor, doctor-donor, donor conceived, donor gametes, genetic, genetics, nongenetic, genetic relation, nongenetic parent, nongenetic intended parent, nongenetic intended parents, nongenetically related child, nongenetically related parent, non-genetically related parents, LGBTQ, LGBTQ+, LGBTQIA, LGBTQIA+
Is IVG The Answer To LGBTQ+ Parentage Legal Problems? Above the lawJanelle DoddApril 19, 2023bright futures families, Bright Futures Families, brightfuturefamilies, assisted reproduction podcasts, assisted reproductive technology, ART, medical technology, infertility, fertility, in vitro fertilization, fertilization, in-vitro fertilization, in vitro gametogenesis, 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, attorneys, parentage, sperm, donor sperm, donor conceived, donor conceived child, donor conceived person, egg, donor egg, embryo, donor embryo, embryos, donor embryos, genetic, genetic relation, nongenetic, nongenetic parent, nongenetic intended parent, nongenetic intended parents, nongenetically related parent, nongenetically related child, law professor, Naomi Cahn, University of Virginia School of Law, LGBTQ+, LGBTQ, lgbtq, LGBTQIA, LGBTQIA+
Jaw-Dropping Lawsuit Filed Against Dutch Serial Sperm Donor Above the lawJanelle DoddApril 6, 2023bright futures families, brightfuturefamilies, Bright Futures Families, assisted reproductive technology, ART, infertility, fertility, fertility clinics, fertility doctors, fertility clinic, Fertility Clinics, fertility doctor, fertility lawsuit, fertility fraud, attorney, lawsuit, sperm, SpermDonor, Sperm, spermdonor, sperm donor, sperm kings, SpermBank, sperm bank, donor sperm, donor conceived, doctor-donor, donor-doctor, donor identity, donor, donorconceived, donor-conceived, donoranonymity, donor anonymity, donors, donor eligibility, donor eligibility criteria, donor identity disclosure, donor conceived person, serial donor, serial sperm donor, serial sperm donation, mass donor, mass donation, mass sperm donation, mass sperm donor, Jonathan Jacob Meijer, genetic, genetic relation, genetics, 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, brightfuturefamilies, assisted reproductive technology, ART, infertility, fertility, ART attorneys, attorney, art attorney, sperm, donor sperm, donor conceived child, donor conceived, donor conceived person, genetic, genetic relation, nongenetic parent, non-genetically related parents, nongenetic intended parent, nongenetic intended parents, Pennsylvania, Superior Court of Pennsylvania, LGBTQ, LGBTQ+, LGBTQIA, LGBTQIA+, Nicole Junior, Chanel Glovr, Chanel Glover, IVF, in vitro fertilization, second parent, second-parent adoption, second parent adoption, adoption, surrogacy, pre birth order, pre birth parentage order, prebirth 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, brightfuturefamilies, assisted reproductive technology, ART, infertility, fertility, attorney, sperm, SpermDonor, Sperm, spermdonor, sperm donor, sperm donation, doctor, doctor-donor, Doctorconceived, donor-doctor, documentary, Netflix documentary, Netflix, Our Father, Our Father documentary, Donald Cline, donor conceived child, donor conceived, donor conceived person, Connecticut, Connecticut Judicial District of Hartford, fertility fraud, fertility fraud legislation, federal fertility fraud law, DNA, DNA kit, DNA Kit, DNA Test, DNA test, home DNA kit, home DNA test, genetic, fertility lawsuit, wrongful life, Indiana University Bloomington, Maurer School of Law, Indiana University Bloomington Maurer School of Law, Professor Jody Madeira, Jody Madeira, law professor, Ontario Superior Court, Vermont, Colorado, federal 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, brightfuturefamilies, assisted reproductive technology, ART, infertility, fertility, attorney, sperm, sperm donor, sperm donation, sperm donation contract, sperm donor parental rights, anonymous sperm donor, anonymous sperm donation, SpermDonor, spermdonor, known sperm donor agreement, same-sex parents, second-parent adoption, second parent, adopt, adoption, adoption law, adoption laws, parental rights, parentage, 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, US Donor Conceived Council, donor sperm, anonymity, anonymous, anonymous donor, anonymous donation, anonymous gamete donation, donoranonymity, donor anonymity, sexual orientation discrimination, LGBTQIA+, LGBTQIA, LGBTQ, lgbt, LGBTQ+, lgbtq, lgbtq family building, lgbt parenting, familylaw, family court, family, family law, Family, family building for gay couples, birth certificate, genetic, genetics, non-genetically related parents, genetic relation, nongenetic parent
Nightmare Ruling For Non-Genetically Related Israeli Parents By Surrogacy Above the lawJanelle DoddFebruary 9, 2023bright futures families, Bright Futures Families, brightfuturefamilies, assisted reproductive technology, art attorney, ART, ART law, ARTlawyers, ART attorney, ART attorneys, infertility, infertile, fertile, fertility, attorney, attorneys, Israel, Israeli surrogacy, Israel Supreme Court, Israeli, parental rights, parentage, parentage through surrogacy, parenthood, Parent, parent, parents, legal parent, legal parents, adopt, adoption, adoption law, adoption laws, second-parent adoption, Israeli citizen, Israeli citizens, family court, familylaw, family law, Israeli Supreme Court, Supreme Court, birth certificate, birth certificates, genetic, genetics, genetic relation, non-genetically related parents, Victoria Gelfand, surrogacy attorney, 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, ART, infertility, fertility, fertility doctor, fertility treatment, attorney, ART law, 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, LGBTQ, LGBTQ+, lgbt parenting, lgbtq family building, federal, federal law, egg harvesting, ova harvesting, egg storage, ova storage, stored ova, stored eggs, IUI, IVF, intrauterine insemination, in vitro fertilization, litigation, parental rights, birth certificate, parentage, fertility fraud, informed consent, DNA, DNA Test, DNA test, DNA kit, DNA Kit, home DNA kit, home DNA test, Donald Cline, fertility clinic, anonymous donor, anonymous donation, anonymous sperm donor, anonymous sperm donation, gamete, gametes, gamete donation, anonymous gamete donation, reproductive tissue, federal fertility fraud law, donor conceived, donor-conceived
US Legislators Introduce Bill To Protect IVF Throughout The Country Above the lawJanelle DoddDecember 31, 2022Bright Futures Families, assisted reproductive technology, ART, infertility, fertility, attorney, Senator Tammy Duckworth, Senator Patty Murray, Congresswoman Susan Wild, Right to Build Families Act, Right to Build Families Act of 2022, sperm count, ICSI, Dobbs, personhood, personhood rights, anti-abortion legislation, Congress, Tennessee law, Lousiana law, Louisiana law, Michigan law, Arizona law, Colorado law, Donor-conceived Persons and Donor-conceived Persons Protection Act, surrogacy, embryo, embryos, embryo donation, embryo disposition, egg, sperm, gamete, egg donation, sperm donation, gamete donation, anonymous sperm donation, anonymous egg donation, anonymous embryo donation, anonymous donor, anonymous egg donor, anonymous sperm donor, Gonzales v Carhart, Supreme Court, U.S. Supreme Court, United States Supreme Court, Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act, Justice Antonin Scalia, Justice Scalia, Justice Clarence Thomas, Justice Thomas, Commerce Clause
The Respect For Marriage Act Is Remarkable, But Not Enough For LGBTQ+ Parents Above the lawJanelle DoddDecember 15, 2022Bright Futures Families, bright futures families, brightfuturefamilies, assisted reproductive technology, ART, infertility, fertility, agency, surrogacy, surrogate, surrogacy agency, attorney, lgbtq, LGBTQ, LGBTQ+, lgbt parenting, lgbtq family building, LGBTQ families and surrogacy, lgbtq families and surrogacy, Dobbs, Roe v. Wade, Obergefell v. Hodges, supremecourt, U.S. Supreme Court, United States Supreme Court, Supreme Court, Constitution, Justice Clarence Thomas, Justice Thomas, same-sex parents, same-sex, same-sex couple, same-sex parenting, 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, 2022brightfuturefamilies, Bright Futures Families, bright futures families, assisted reproductive technology, ART, infertility, fertility, agency, surrogacy agency, attorney, attorneys, LGBTQ+, lgbtq, LGBTQ, lgbt, social surrogacy, choice, surrogacy, surrogate, surrogates, Gestational Surrogate, gestational, gestation, gestational surrogate, Gestational Carrier, Gestational carrier, gestational carrier, Gestational Surrogacy, gestational surrogacy, 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