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Baby Born via Mitochondrial Donation Gives Hope to Families with Genetic Mitochondrial Disorders

Mitochondrial Donation Therapy offers hope to families by preventing the passing of genetic disorders from parent to child. Mitochondrial DNA is passed down from mother to child, and genetically mutated mitochondria can carry an array of incurable disorders such as muscular dystrophy, multiple sclerosis, epilepsy, neurological problems, seizures, vision and hearing loss, muscle weakness, cognitive and developmental delays, and early death.

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September 13, 2023

Assisted Reproductive Technology / Fertility Preservation / Fertility Services / Fertility Treatment / Fertility Treatment Benefits / IFLG / In Vitro Fertilization / Infertility / Insurance / IVF / LGBT News / Reproductive Health Benefits / Reproductive Laws

California Poised to Pass a Bill Mandating IVF Insurance for Large-Group Health Plans

If passed into law, SB 729 would redefine infertility and require health plans to cover assisted reproductive technologies including in vitro fertilization (IVF), sperm testing/deposits, cryopreservation, egg retrievals, and embryo transfers (as long as any such embryo transfers are single-embryo transfers as recommended by the American Society for Reproductive Medicine (ASRM)). This is the farthest any bill mandating fertility coverage equality has gotten in California to date.

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June 13, 2023

Fertility Preservation / Fertility Services / LGBT News

Transgender Youth Deserve Answers, Solutions to Fertility Preservation Questions

More than a third of transgender people—who constitute an estimated 0.7 percent of the U.S. population—want to have biological children—either right now, or in the future. Yet, according to a…

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June 15, 2021

Biological Time Clock / Coronavirus / Cryopreservation / Fertility Services

COVID-19 Accelerates Egg-Freezing Boom

Egg freezing, or oocyte cryopreservation, already growing in popularity as a way to preserve fertility against disease and to postpone childbearing for career reasons, has exploded during the COVID-19 era.…

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May 25, 2021

Assisted Reproductive Technology / Coronavirus / Fertility Services

Fertility Services Thrive During COVID-19 Pandemic

The onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in spring 2020 created havoc in the field of assisted reproductive technology (ART), shuttering clinics, interrupting scheduled IVF procedures and stranding intended parents and…

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February 8, 2021

Fertility Services / Surrogacy Agreement / Surrogacy Latest News / Uncategorized

5 Reasons You Need A Surrogacy Lawyer

For any intended parents beginning the journey to creating a family via surrogacy, one of the first steps should be to consult with an experienced surrogacy attorney. As a founding…

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September 18, 2020

Fertility Law / Fertility Services / Infertility / Surrogacy Agreement

How to Find a Gestational Surrogate: Making the Right Match

For intended parents building a family via IVF and surrogacy, finding the right gestational surrogate is essential. Let IFLG answer all your surrogacy law questions.

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September 1, 2020

Egg Donation Information / Egg donation news / Fertility Law / Fertility Services / Infertility / IVF / Rich Vaughn / Sperm Donation Information / Surrogacy Latest News

Is Assisted Reproductive Technology the Answer to Declining Birth Rates?

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. According…

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August 23, 2020

Cryopreservation / Fertility Services / Insurance / LGBT News / LGBT Parents Information

New Jersey Requires Insurers to Cover Fertility Preservation

New Jersey advocates for reproductive health are celebrating the recent passage of S2 133, a fertility preservation statute signed into law by Governor Phil Murphy on January 13, according to…

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January 27, 2020

Photo Booth Fun: Mindy Berkson of Newborn Advantage Surrogacy, Rich Vaughn of IFLG and Tommy Woelfel at RESOLVE Night of Hope 2019

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RESOLVE ‘Night of Hope’ Celebrates Advocates for Infertility Treatment

I had the great pleasure Monday night, November 11, to attend the 2019 RESOLVE Night of Hope dinner in New York. The Night of Hope is the official awards gala…

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November 13, 2019

Assisted Reproductive Technology / Biological Time Clock / Cryopreservation / Embryo Disposition Agreement / Fertility Services / Fertility Treatment / Frozen Embryos / In Vitro Fertilization / IVF / Reproductive Laws

Uniform Laws Needed to Regulate Abandoned Embryos

Over the past few decades, technological advances have made the miracle of reproduction and parenthood accessible to thousands of people who in an earlier time would have remained childless—people with…

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August 26, 2019

Assisted Reproductive Technology / Fertility Services / Foreign Surrogacy / International Surrogacy / Rich Vaughn

Vogue Cites California Dominance in Reproductive Technology

Vogue's March 2019 issue spotlighting California as the "center of everything" includes the article, "Fertile Ground," in which writer Jancee Dunn explores the state's role as a fount of advancements…

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February 25, 2019

Assisted Reproductive Technology / Fertility Services / Fertility Treatment / Foreign Surrogacy / Gay Fathers / Health Policy / International Surrogacy / LGBT News / Reproductive Laws / Rich Vaughn

The State of ART 2019

As we prepare to welcome a new year, several recent events point to growing worldwide acceptance of, access to and affordability of assisted reproductive technology. The government of Ireland will,…

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December 28, 2018

Assisted Reproductive Technology / Fertility Law / Fertility Services / Fertility Treatment / IFLG / National Infertility Awareness Week / Rich Vaughn

National Infertility Awareness Week Champions Reproductive Rights

This week, April 22 through 28, is National Infertility Awareness Week (https://infertilityawareness.org/). Established by RESOLVE: The National Infertility Association in 1989, the week is a collaborative effort of consumers, legislators,…

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April 23, 2018

American Bar Association / Assisted Reproductive Technology / Cryopreservation / Embryo Disposition Agreement / Fertility Services / Frozen Embryos / IFLG / In Vitro Fertilization / Rich Vaughn

What to Do With Abandoned Embryos

The problem began decades ago, in the late 1970s, as soon as the first babies created via the then-new technology of in vitro fertilization began to be born. It drew…

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November 6, 2017

Fertility Law / Fertility Services / Fertility Treatment / Gay Fathers / Health Policy / IFLG / In Vitro Fertilization / Intended Parents / International Surrogacy / LGBT News / Reproductive Laws / Rich Vaughn / Same Sex Parents

New Global Health Standards Redefine ‘Infertility’ to Include LGBT Intended Parents

The World Health Organization is about to announce a dramatic change in its definition of infertility, as reported recently in The Telegraph—a change that may increase opportunity for LGBT intended…

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October 28, 2016

Assisted Reproductive Technology / Biological Time Clock / Cryopreservation / Fertility Law / Fertility Services / Fertility Treatment / Reproductive Laws

Legal Time Limits on Egg Storage Creates New “Biological Time Clock”

A new study by the London School of Economics argues that the U.K.’s statutory 10-year limit on storage of cryopreserved eggs or embryos has created a double standard and has,…

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October 11, 2016

Assisted Reproductive Technology / Fertility Services / Fertility Treatment / In Vitro Fertilization

Fertility Services for Wounded Vets Mired in Reproductive Politics

After a valiant five-year battle, U.S. Senator Patty Murray succeeded last month in winning Senate approval of an $88 million appropriation over the next two years to pay for fertility treatments…

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June 10, 2016

ART in Popular Culture / Assisted Reproductive Technology / Fertility Services / IFLG / Intended Parents / Surrogacy Latest News

‘Chicago Med’ Gives Surrogacy a Bad Rap

A recent episode of NBC medical drama Chicago Med, (Season 1 Episode 15, “Inheritance”) set in the emergency room of Gaffney Chicago Medical Center, portrayed a scenario that was both…

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May 11, 2016

Ioan Gruffudd, Alice Evans at Illuminations 2016

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Illuminations Honorees Evans, Gruffudd Warn About Biological Time Clock

Illuminations 2016, the annual awards gala of fertility advocacy organization Path2Parenthood (formerly American Fertility Association), held April 15 at the Four Seasons Los Angeles in Beverly Hills, was as inspiring…

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April 19, 2016