Read more about the article Bobbie Thomas Brings Her IVF Experience to the BUZZ
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Bobbie Thomas Brings Her IVF Experience to the BUZZ

Thomas made the decision to use her highly visible Today Show podium as a way to get the topic out in the open and potentially make others undergoing fertility treatment feel more comfortable and less alone in the process.

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August 15, 2014
Read more about the article New Hampshire Passes New, Improved Surrogacy Law
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New Hampshire Passes New, Improved Surrogacy Law

New Hampshire Governor Maggie Hassan earlier this month signed SB 353, effective immediately, to bring New Hampshire’s existing surrogacy law up to speed with technological advances in ART and with nationwide best practices.

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July 25, 2014
Read more about the article International Surrogacy Can Be Risky Business for Intended Parents, Surrogates
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International Surrogacy Can Be Risky Business for Intended Parents, Surrogates

ABC report calls out Planet Hospital, a U.S.-based surrogacy brokerage offering surrogacy services in Cancun, Mexico, for allegedly shady practices.

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July 18, 2014
Read more about the article Spain Orders Consulates to Recognize Citizenship of Spanish Babies from Foreign Surrogacies
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Spain Orders Consulates to Recognize Citizenship of Spanish Babies from Foreign Surrogacies

In the wake of the June 26 ruling by the European Court of Human Rights on two French cases, the Spanish ministries of Justice and Foreign Affairs are ordering their consulates to reinstate registrations of children born via surrogacy to Spanish intended parents in countries where surrogacy is legal.

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July 14, 2014
Read more about the article ABA Conference Helps Keep Family Law Attorneys at Top of Game
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ABA Conference Helps Keep Family Law Attorneys at Top of Game

Continuing Legal Education Conference of the American Bar Association, Family Law Section, held in Southampton, Bermuda was an important opportunity for my colleagues in the fields of family law and fertility law.

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May 16, 2014
Read more about the article Fertility Doctors Seek to Reduce Twin Births from IVF
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Fertility Doctors Seek to Reduce Twin Births from IVF

The Today Show, as part of a series on ART, recently highlighted technological improvements that have resulted in fewer births of triplets and higher multiples and, increasingly, fewer births of twins.

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December 11, 2013
Read more about the article MTV’s “Generation Cryo” Explores Emotional Impact of Sperm Donation
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MTV’s “Generation Cryo” Explores Emotional Impact of Sperm Donation

“Who’s Your Daddy?” the first in the six-episode MTV docu-series, “Generation Cryo,” premiered Nov. 25 at 10 p.m. Pacific Time. The second episode, “Come To Grips,” will air next Monday,…

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November 26, 2013
Read more about the article AAARTA Conference Offers Global Perspective on ART Law
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AAARTA Conference Offers Global Perspective on ART Law

Earlier this month I attended the American Academy of Assisted Reproductive Technology Attorneys (AAARTA) and American Academy of Adoption Attorneys Mid-Year Conference in Charleston, South Carolina. The conference, entitled “A…

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November 20, 2013
Read more about the article AFA Offers Fertility Resources to Members of Armed Services
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AFA Offers Fertility Resources to Members of Armed Services

AFA’s recent initiative to help members of the U.S. armed forces and their families by providing information and resources and providing discounted infertility treatment and preservation services to service members.

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November 11, 2013
Read more about the article AFA’s Illuminations New York Honors Vardalos, Penzias
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AFA’s Illuminations New York Honors Vardalos, Penzias

Honorees at the upcoming American Fertility Association New York Illuminations November 4 are Nia Vardalos, recipient of the 2013 Carol Berger Adoption Advocacy Award, and Dr. Alan S. Penzias, M.D. recipient of the Joyce M. Vargyas MD Visionary Award.

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November 2, 2013
Read more about the article Partner Agency Serves Growing Number of Single Dads
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Partner Agency Serves Growing Number of Single Dads

Restrictions on surrogate compensation make family formation via assisted reproductive technology (“ART”) a challenge for many single men. In India and Ukraine, two of the few countries where commercial surrogacy is allowed, single men are excluded.

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August 31, 2013
Read more about the article Iowa Supreme Court Ruling A Mixed Blessing for LGBT Parentage Law
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Iowa Supreme Court Ruling A Mixed Blessing for LGBT Parentage Law

The Gartner family of Iowa received wonderful news on May 3rd when they were notified that the Iowa Supreme Court agreed with them that the Department of Health must include the nonbiological mother of the couple’s daughter on the birth certificate.

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May 23, 2013
Read more about the article New Order Offers French Nationality to Children Born to Foreign Surrogates
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New Order Offers French Nationality to Children Born to Foreign Surrogates

Another development in France was the issuance of an order from the French Justice Minister Christiane Taubira that could have enormous impact on French families created via assisted reproductive technology.

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April 5, 2013
Read more about the article Australian Surrogacy Laws
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Australian Surrogacy Laws

Recent news out of Australia is evidence of two important trends: first, that the number of children born through surrogacy is increasing significantly, and second, that Australia, like many other countries, is struggling to find ways for its legal system to keep up with fertility technology.

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March 12, 2013
Read more about the article Preparation and Planning Doubly Important for Single Intended Parents
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Preparation and Planning Doubly Important for Single Intended Parents

The prospect of parenting a child alone, physically, mentally and financially, for 18 years or more is a daunting one. But for an adult who has considered the pros and cons and is genuinely committed to becoming a single parent, ART can be an option.

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February 21, 2013
Read more about the article Real Housewives’ Feud Spotlights Dilemma of How To Tell Kids About ART
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Real Housewives’ Feud Spotlights Dilemma of How To Tell Kids About ART

Apparently during the taping of a segment for the new season, Glanville revealed that Maloof had used a surrogate to have her twin boys, Christian and Colin, now 6 years old. The publicity surrounding what is and should be a completely personal decision has raised awareness of a question that every parent of a child born through surrogacy faces: When, how and what do I tell my child about his or her birth story?

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February 19, 2013