Exciting new tools are using artificial intelligence (AI) to improve success rates for assisted reproduction technologies (ART) such as in vitro fertilization (IVF) and surrogacy, resulting in fewer procedures, lower costs [...]
Category: Sperm Donation Information
Tue 26 Jan, 2021
New York Child-Parent Security Act Protects Parental Rights in Sperm Donor Shortage
COVID-19 lockdowns and infection fears have led to drastic shortages at many U.S. sperm banks, sending many lesbians and single women to online forums in a search for sperm donors. But even as New York’s Child-Parent [...]
Wed 2 Dec, 2020
U.K. Ends Ban on Egg, Sperm Export for Surrogacy in U.S.
The path to parenthood just got a little smoother for U.K. intended parents planning surrogacy in the United States: The U.K. agency regulating assisted reproduction has agreed to overturn a rule that essentially prevented [...]
Fri 30 Oct, 2020
Is Sperm Donor Anonymity a Thing of the Past?
DNA testing, ancestry websites and new laws mean sperm donor anonymity is no longer guaranteed. IFLG explains changes in sperm donation law.
Human birth rates have been dropping for decades, over approximately the same period that assisted reproductive technology (ART) has become increasingly efficient, reliable and accessible as a family-building solution [...].
The headlines have been full recently of the stories of two same-sex couples, one parents of twins, the other parents of sibling daughters, both suing the U.S. State Department in an attempt to secure citizenship denied to [...]