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
Italy Takes Aggressive Anti-LGBTQ+ Family Measures Above The LawJanelle DoddJune 30, 2023bright futures families, brightfuturesfamilies, Bright Futures Families, assisted reproduction, assisted reproductive technology, Assisted Reproductive Technology, ART, Infertility, fertility, surrogacy, surrogate, Italy, Italian Constitutional, Italian government, Italian Parliament, Italian Constitutional Court, Public Prosecutor’s Office, Padua, Paduan mayor, Sergio Giordani, Mayor Sergio Giordani, Mayor Giordani, Ida Parisi, Alexander Schuster, attorney, LGBTQ, Pride Month, adoption, in vitro fertilization, IVF, surrogacy arrangement, surrogacy law, surrogacy legislation, reproductive material, gametes, embryo, sperm, egg, genetic relation, nongenetically related parent, nongenetic parent, nongenetic child, gestational surrogacy, traditional surrogacy, intended parents, international parents, international surrogacy, surrogacy in Italy, Italian surrogacy, Rainbow Families, Alessia Crocini
Idaho Passes Protective Surrogacy Law Above The LawJanelle DoddJune 15, 2023bright futures families, brightfuturesfamilies, Bright Futures Families, assisted reproduction, assisted reproductive technology, Assisted Reproductive Technology, ART, Infertility, infertility, fertilty, 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, nongenetically related child, nongenetically related parent, non-genetic related parent, non-genetically related parents, Gestational Surrogate, Gestational Surrogacy, traditional surrogacy, intended parent, intended parents, international surrogacy, international parents, foreign intended parents, surrogate qualifications, medical qualification, intended parent qualifications, michigan, Michigan, Michigan law, Michigan surrogacy ban, Michigan surrogacy law
Ukraine Considers Surrogacy Regulations In Wartime Above The LawJanelle DoddJune 1, 2023bright futures families, brightfuturesfamilies, Bright Futures Families, assisted reproduction, assisted reproductive technology, Assisted Reproductive Technology, ART, medical technology, fertility, infertility, surrogacy, Surrogacy laws, surrogacy legislation, surrogacy regulations, surrogacy regulation, Ukrainian law, Ukrainian legislation, Ukraine, Ukraine Surrogacy Dispatches, regulations, regulation, 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, brightfuturesfamilies, Bright Futures Families, assisted reproduction, assisted reproductive technology, Assisted Reproductive Technology, ART, medical technology, Infertility, fertility, reproductive technology, reproductive material, donor reproductive material, parentage, egg, donor egg, egg donation, Egg donor, posthumous, posthumous sperm, posthumous conception, post-mortem sperm retrieval, post-mortem gamete retrievals and use, Spain, Surrogacy laws, surrogacy law, Ana Obregon, Aless Lequoio, Peter Zhu, sperm, sperm retrieval, gamete retrieval, gamete donation, donor conceived child, donor conceived, donor conceived person, donor gamete, donor gametes, older, older parent, older parents, ASRM
Is IVG The Answer To LGBTQ+ Parentage Legal Problems? Above The LawJanelle DoddApril 19, 2023bright futures families, Bright Futures Families, brightfuturesfamilies, assisted reproduction podcasts, assisted reproduction, assisted reproductive technology, Assisted Reproductive Technology, ART Law, ART, ART law, medical technology, Infertility, fertility, in vitro gametogenesis, gametogenesis, IVG, in vitro fertilization, ivf, gamete, gametes, Dr. Kathryn Go, I Want to Put a Baby in You, I Want to Put a Baby in You podcast, attorneys, attorney, parentage, sperm, donor sperm, donor conceived child, donor conceived, donor conceived person, egg, donor egg, embryo, embryos, donor, donor embryo, donor embryos, donor gamete, donor gametes, genetic, genetics, nongenetic, nongenetic parent, nongenetic intended parent, nongenetically related parent, nongenetically related child, law professor, Naomi Cahn, University of Virginia School of Law, LGBTQ, LGBTQ+, LGBTQIA, lgbtq, LGBTQIA+
Jaw-Dropping Lawsuit Filed Against Dutch Serial Sperm Donor Above The LawJanelle DoddApril 6, 2023bright futures families, brightfuturesfamilies, Bright Futures Families, assisted reproductive technology, Assisted Reproductive Technology, ART, infertile, Infertility, informed consent, fertility, fertility clinics, fertility doctors, fertility clinic, Fertility Clinics, fertility doctor, Fertility Doctor sperm donor, fertility lawsuit, fertility fraud, Fertility Fraud, attorney, lawsuit, SpermDonor, sperm, spermdonor, sperm donor, sperm kings, sperm bank, anonymous sperm donor, sperm donation, sperm donor contracts, anonymous sperm donation, donor, donor-doctor, donor-conceived, donor conceived, Donor-conceived, serial sperm donor, serial sperm donation, mass donor, mass donation, mass sperm donation, 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, 2023brightfuturesfamilies, bright futures families, Bright Futures Families, assisted reproductive technology, Assisted Reproductive Technology, ART, Infertility, fertility, attorney, sperm, donor sperm, donor conceived child, donor conceived, donor conceived person, genetic, genetic relation, nongenetic parent, non-genetic related parent, non-genetically related parents, nongenetic intended parent, Pennsylvania, Superior Court of Pennsylvania, LGBTQ, LGBTQ+, LGBTQIA, LGBTQIA+, lgbtq family building, lgbt families, Nicole Junior, Chanel Glover, in vitro fertilization, second parent, second parent adoption, second-parent adoption, family law, family law attorney, Helen Casale, genetic discrimination, LGBTQ+ discrimination, adoption, surrogacy, prebirth order, pre birth order, pre-birth order, prebirth parentage 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, 2023bright futures families, brightfuturesfamilies, Bright Futures Families, assisted reproduction, assisted reproductive technology, Assisted Reproductive Technology, ART, Infertility, Fertitly, fertility, attorney, sperm, SpermDonor, Sperm, spermdonor, sperm donor, Sperm Switching, spermswap, sperm donation, doctor, doctor-donor, donor-doctor, documentary, Netflix documentary, doctor-deceptive conception, donor conceived child, Donor Conceived Australia, donor conceived person, US Donor Conceived Council, donor conceived, Connecticut, Connecticut Judicial District of Hartford, fertilty, fertility fraud, Fertility Fraud, fertility law, federal fertility fraud law, Fertility Fraud Bill, fertility fraud legislation, ivf, in-vitro fertilization, DNA test, DNA Tests, DNA, DNA Kit, home DNA kit, home DNA test, genetic, genetic relation, genetics, fertility lawsuit, wrongful life, indiana, Indiana University Bloomington, Maurer School of Law, Professor Jody Madeira, Jody Madeira, law professor, Our Father documentary, Our Father, Donald Cline, Ontario Superior Court, Vermont, Colorado, 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, Assisted Reproductive Technology, ART, Infertility, fertility, infertility, attorney, SpermDonor, Sperm, spermdonor, sperm, sperm donor, known sperm donor agreement, sperm donor contracts, donor, sperm donor parental rights, anonymous, anonymous donor, anonymous donation, anonymous sperm donation, anonymous sperm donor, anonymous gamete donation, same-sex, same-sex parents, same sex parents, second parent, second parent adoption, adoption, second-parent adoption, adoption law, adoption laws, parentage, parental rights, legal parents, legal parent, parenthood, Rebekah Wilson, Kris Williams, Uniform Parentage Act, Noel Tucker, Oklahoma, State of Oklahoma, Idaho, Idaho Supreme Court, Colorado, Connecting Rainbows, Gena Jaffe, Genavieve Jaffe, US Donor Conceived Council, sexual orientation discrimination, LGBTQ, LGBTQ+, lgbtq, lgbt, lgbt parenting, lgbtq family building, lgbt families, lgbt community, LGBTQIA, LGBTQIA+, family court, family law, birth certificate, genetic, genetics, genetic relation, nongenetic parent, non-genetic related parent, non-genetically related parents
Nightmare Ruling For Non-Genetically Related Israeli Parents By Surrogacy Above The LawJanelle DoddFebruary 9, 2023brightfuturesfamilies, bright futures families, Bright Futures Families, assisted reproduction, assisted reproductive technology, Assisted Reproductive Technology, ART, art attorney, ART Law, ART law, Infertility, fertility, attorney, attorneys, surrogacy attorney, Israel, Israeli surrogacy, Israel Supreme Court, Israeli, parental rights, parentage, parenthood, Parent, parent, parents, parents names on birth certificate, legal parent, legal parents, adopt, adoption, second-parent adoption, Israeli citizen, Israeli citizens, family court, family, family law, Family, Family Law, families, birth certificate, genetics, genetic relation, Victoria Gelfand, surrogacy attorneys, surrogacy law, Surrogacy laws, surrogacy laws, Surrogacy 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, Bright Futures Families, assisted reproductive technology, Assisted Reproductive Technology, ART, ART Law, ART law, West Virginia, Court of Appeals of West Virginia, Superior Court of Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania, Our Father, Our Father documentary, Netflix, Netflix documentary, Surrgacy, surrogacy, Gestational Surrogate, gestational surrogate, Gestational carrier, gestational carrier, nonbinary, nonbinary parent, nonbinary parents, LGBTQ, lgbt, LGBTQ+, lgbt families, lgbt parenting, lgbtq family building, federal law, egg harvesting, ova harvesting, stored ova, stored eggs, IUI, IVF, intrauterine insemination, in vitro fertilization, litigation, parental rights, birth certificate, parentage, fertility fraud, informed consent, DNA, DNA Tests, DNA test, DNA Kit, home DNA test, home DNA kit, federal fertility fraud law, donor-conceived, donor conceived, fertility treatment, Donald Cline, fertility doctor, anonymous, anonymous donor, anonymous donation, anonymous sperm donation, anonymous sperm donor, gamete, gametes, gamete donation, anonymous gamete donation, reproductive tissue
Should 'Social Surrogacy' Be Permitted? Above The LawJanelle DoddNovember 17, 2022bright futures families, Bright Futures Families, assisted reproductive technology, Assisted Reproductive Technology, ART, Infertility, infertility, fertility, agency, surrogacy agency, attorney, attorneys, LGBTQ, LGBTQ+, lgbtq, social surrogacy, choice, surrogacy, surrogate, surrogates, gestational, Gestational Surrogate, gestational surrogate, Gestational carrier, gestational carrier, SEEDS, Society for Ethics in Egg Donation and Surrogacy, donation, egg, eggs, sperm, embryo, 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 statutes, State statute
Historic Meeting Ushers In New Era In US Donor Conception Above The LawJanelle DoddNovember 3, 2022bright futures families, Bright Futures Families, assisted reproductive technology, Assisted Reproductive Technology, ART, Infertility, donor, donors, donor sperm, 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, egg donor, SpermDonor, spermdonor, sperm donor, Colorado, Colorado law, donor criteria, California Cryobank, Donor Egg Bank USA, Fairfax Cryobank, Fairfax Eggbank, RESOLVE, Donor Conceived Australia, anonymous, anonymous donor, anonymity, donor identity, donor identity disclosure, donor eligibility, donor eligibility criteria, donor egg, donor embryo, embryo, embryos, gametes, agency, attorney, law, DNA Kit, DNA Tests, DNA test, DNA, home DNA test, home DNA kit, LGBTQ, LGBTQ+
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, Michigan law, Michigan surrogacy ban, Gestational Surrogacy Parentage Act, birth certificate, bright futures families, Bright Futures Families, parentage
