A recent crackdown on surrogacy in the Mexican state of Tobasco has forced foreign intended parents to sue the government to receive birth certificates for their children born via surrogacy and reaped havoc in the lives of [...]
Category: Rich Vaughn Article
For the first time in history, an Italian court has recognized a same-sex couple as legal parents. The gay male couple, who has not been identified, had twin boys seven years ago, born via a surrogate in Canada. In 2011, a [...]
Thu 9 Feb, 2017
European Court Rules Italy Did Not Violate Intended Parents’ Rights in Taking Child Born Via ART
Last year we applauded a decision by the European Court of Human Rights that the Italian government violated the rights of an Italian couple in removing from their home the baby they had via surrogacy in Russia. In a January [...]
Sun 5 Feb, 2017
Italian court says twins born to gay dads not legal brothers
In the realm of “good news/bad news,” twin boys born to a gay Italian couple via in vitro fertilization and surrogacy in California will be recognized as Italian citizens, an Italian court ruled last month. But Italy will [...]
Fri 6 Jan, 2017
Missouri Rules Frozen Embryos Can’t Be Used Without Consent
One of the most provocative issues in reproductive law is the legal status of frozen embryos—how they are disposed of, who has the right to determine how they will used, and do they have legal rights as persons under the [...]
Mon 12 Dec, 2016
Vergara Embryo Suit Invokes Louisiana’s One-of-A-Kind Personhood Law
The sensational legal battle between actress Sofia Vergara and her ex-fiancé, Florida businessman Nick Loeb, over the disposition of the couple’s two fertilized embryos recently got even more sensational. On December 6, [...]