As we begin LGBTQ Pride Month, I am proud to recommend a great new book, Love Comes First: Creating LGBTQ Families, by Dr. Bradford Kolb, MD, and Melinda Maerker, with photographs by David Miller. I contributed to a chapter [...]
Category: LGBT Parents Information
We at IFLG, our colleagues in the field of assisted reproductive technology (ART) and advocates for families everywhere are celebrating a long-awaited victory today: The U.S. State Department has officially updated its policy [...]
Mon 29 Mar, 2021
New Tennessee Fertility Insurance Bill is Pro-Family
Tennessee is on track to pass a law requiring insurers to cover treatment for infertility, joining 19 other U.S. states that mandate coverage for either fertility treatment such as IVF or for “fertility preservation” [...]
Tue 23 Feb, 2021
French IVF Law Excludes Lesbians, Single Women
On February 2, 2021, just a little over a year after it initially approved a law to legalize in vitro fertilization for lesbians and single women, the French Senate voted to deny lesbians and single women access to IVF. The [...]
Mon 15 Feb, 2021
New York Child Parent Security Act Takes Effect
Congratulations, New York! Today, February 15, 2021, the Child Parent Security Act (CPSA) takes effect, ending the three-decade-long ban on surrogacy in the state of New York. In this informative webinar, hosted by donor [...]
Nineteen U.S. states have enacted laws that require insurance companies to offer coverage for in vitro fertilization and other types of fertility treatments—a ray of hope for individuals for whom the high costs of assisted [...]