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With in vitro fertilization and egg donation, gay intended parents face the emotional decision of whose sperm to use, an issue gay couples must discuss openly.

Both ‘traditional surrogacy,’ in which one woman provides the egg and carries the child, and ‘gestational surrogacy,’ in which one woman provides the egg and, after it is fertilized, another woman carries the child, [...]

The new law provides guidance relating to the manner in which surrogacy agreements must be executed, when medical procedures can be commenced, and where parental establishment cases may be filed--many procedures already [...]

The Illinois Department of Public Health recently reversed its discriminatory policy and instructed that names of both same-sex intended parents be entered on birth certificates in gestational surrogacy cases, following the [...]

The island state of Tasmania recently became the last remaining Australian state to legalize altruistic (unpaid) surrogacy. Under the new law, the surrogate must be at least 25 years old and have been pregnant before. Gay and [...]

I'll be part of a panel on estate planning for ART families at the Continuing Legal Education Conference of the American Bar Association in Philadelphia Oct. 10-13.