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, 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+
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
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
Jury Returns Surprising Verdict In Surrogacy Superfetation Case Above the lawJanelle DoddOctober 20, 2022Bright Futures Families, assisted reproductive technology, ART, infertility, surrogacy, surrogate, Gestational Carrier, Gestational Surrogacy, Gestational Surrogate, pregnant, pregnancy, embryos, twins, superfetation, law, lawsuit, jury, countersuit, 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, Gestational Surrogacy Parentage Act, birth certificates, birth certificate, Bright Futures Families, 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, lgbtq family building, parentage, adoption, step-parent adoption, step parent adoption, Idaho Supreme Court, Oklahoma, donor-conceived, sperm donor, Marlos Law, second-parent adoption
Attorney LGBTQ+ Advocacy Leads To New California Law Above the lawJanelle DoddOctober 26, 2021lgbtq family building, family building for gay couples, laws, attorneys, attorney, lawyer, ARTlawyers, fertility, infertility, lawyers, insured, legal, law, lgbt parenting, lgbtq, LGBTcouples, LGBTQ, lgbt, gay moms, gay parenthood, gay parenting, gay, lesbian, lesbian moms, lesbian parents, lesbian parenting, lesbian parenthood, same-sex parents, court, courts, hospital, Parent, parent, parentage, parenting, parents, parenthood, parental rights, birth certificate, birth certificates, equality, unequal treatment, vital statistics, Idaho, intrauterine insemination, insemination, artificial insemination, online contract, divorce, Sperm, sperm, SpermDonor, spermdonor, sperm donor, sperm donation, donorconceived, donor, donation, sperm donor parental rights, sperm donation contract, name, name change, gender, marriage license, 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, laws, attorneys, attorney, lawyer, ARTlawyers, fertility, infertility, lawyers, insured, legal, law, lgbt parenting, lgbtq, LGBTcouples, LGBTQ, lgbt, gay moms, gay parenthood, gay parenting, gay, lesbian, lesbian moms, lesbian parents, lesbian parenting, lesbian parenthood, same-sex parents, court, courts, hospital, Parent, parent, parentage, parenting, parents, parenthood, parental rights, birth certificate, birth certificates, equality, unequal treatment, vital statistics, Idaho, intrauterine insemination, insemination, artificial insemination, online contract, divorce, Sperm, sperm, SpermDonor, spermdonor, sperm donor, sperm donation, donorconceived, donor, donation, sperm donor parental rights, sperm donation contract
Kansas Vital Statistics Denies Equal Treatment To Same-Sex Parents Above the lawJanelle DoddOctober 8, 2021lgbtq family building, family building for gay couples, laws, attorneys, attorney, lawyer, ARTlawyers, fertility, infertility, lawyers, insured, legal, law, lgbt parenting, lgbtq, LGBTcouples, LGBTQ, lgbt, gay moms, gay parenthood, gay parenting, gay, lesbian, lesbian moms, lesbian parents, lesbian parenting, lesbian parenthood, same-sex parents, court, courts, hospital, Parent, parent, parentage, parenting, parents, parenthood, parental rights, birth certificate, birth certificates, original birth certificate, amended birth certificate, Kansas, equality, unequal treatment, discrimination, 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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