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23 Apr

Posted at 14:09h in Assisted Reproductive Technology, Fertility Law, Fertility Services, Fertility Treatment, IFLG, National Infertility Awareness Week, Rich Vaughn by
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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, advocacy organizations and fertility services professionals to raise public awareness about infertility and reproductive health....

06 Apr

Posted at 09:00h in Assisted Reproductive Technology, Cryopreservation, Embryo Disposition Agreement, Family Law, Fertility Law, Frozen Embryos, Reproductive Laws, Rich Vaughn by
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Arizona legislators just passed, and GOP Governor Doug Ducey signed into law, SB 1397, an onerous new law with potentially disastrous impacts on the lives of intended parents; on the fields of family, divorce and ART law; and on the cause of reproductive freedom in...

06 Mar

Posted at 15:06h in Assisted Reproductive Technology, Gay Fathers, IFLG, Intended Parents, LGBT, Marriage Equality, Parentage Orders, Reproductive Laws, Rich Vaughn, Same Sex Parents, Surrogacy by
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­­Congratulations to Washington State, which just became the first state to enact UPA 2017, the updated Uniform Parentage Act for use by U.S. states as uniform legislation for parentage laws, including the parentage of children born via assisted reproductive technology. The new law, signed by...

02 Mar

Posted at 14:01h in Assisted Reproductive Technology, Fertility Law, Intended Parents, LGBT, Rich Vaughn, Same Sex Parents by
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For the past decade I have been involved as a member, board member, sponsor and active participant in Path2Parenthood (formerly known as the American Fertility Association), a national non-profit organization dedicated to helping people create families. The organization changed its name in 2014 as a...

02 Feb

Posted at 16:38h in Assisted Reproductive Technology, Foreign Surrogacy, IFLG, International Surrogacy, Rich Vaughn by
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We at International Fertility Law Group are proud, in partnership with Oregon Reproductive Medicine, to officially represent the United States in the field of fertility law at the second annual Kinderwunsch Tage, or Fertility Days, February 17 and 18, in Berlin. The event is designed for...

31 Jan

Posted at 16:06h in Assisted Reproductive Technology, Fertility Law, Surrogacy by
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Nearly 30 years ago, in reaction to the notorious “Baby M” case, several states, including New Jersey, New York, Michigan and Washington, DC, banned paid surrogacy, declaring surrogacy agreements invalid. In April, Washington, DC, overturned its surrogacy ban, in effect since 1993. And in December,...

25 Jan

Posted at 17:07h in 2016 Election, American Bar Association, Egg Donation, Family Law, Gay Fathers, International Surrogacy, LGBT, Marriage Equality, Parentage Orders, Rich Vaughn, Same Sex Marriage, Same Sex Parents, Sperm Donation, Surrogacy by
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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 just one of their babies and granted to...

08 Jan

Posted at 10:30h in Assisted Reproductive Technology, Cryopreservation, Embryo Disposition Agreement, Frozen Embryos by
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For many of us, the New Year is a time to pause a moment, to count our blessings and to look back at past achievements. Each year, advances in assisted reproductive technology make it safer, more reliable, more cost-effective and more accessible. Among the most...

17 Nov

Posted at 09:35h in Assisted Reproductive Technology, In Vitro Fertilization, LGBT, Marriage Equality, Parentage Orders, Reproductive Laws, Same Sex Marriage, Same Sex Parents by
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Following the U.S. Supreme Court’s June 2015 decision legalizing same-sex marriage in all 50 states, many LGBT parents and intended parents felt a weight lift from their shoulders: Now, surely, their families would have access to the same legal rights and assumptions of parentage that...

06 Nov

Posted at 16:07h in American Bar Association, Assisted Reproductive Technology, Cryopreservation, Embryo Disposition Agreement, Fertility Services, Frozen Embryos, IFLG, In Vitro Fertilization, Rich Vaughn by
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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 little notice for many years, growing slowly and steadily as a side-effect of the revolution...

17 Sep

Posted at 14:54h in Family Law, LGBT, Marriage Equality, Rich Vaughn, Same Sex Marriage, Same Sex Parents by
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We at IFLG mourn the passing of Edith Windsor, the courageous woman whose demand that her government treat her and her marriage with fairness brought down the U.S. Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) and paved the way for marriage equality in the United States. Windsor and...

12 Aug

Posted at 17:14h in Assisted Reproductive Technology, Family Law, Gay Fathers, Intended Parents, International Surrogacy, LGBT, Marriage Equality, Parentage Orders, Reproductive Laws, Rich Vaughn Publication, Same Sex Marriage, Same Sex Parents, Sperm Donation, Surrogacy by
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Navigating the Legal Maze for LGBT Intended Parents and Surrogacy Only a few short years ago, the idea of gay and lesbian couples having the same legal rights to marry as heterosexual couples seemed like a far-away dream. Then, surprisingly quickly, in June 2015, same-sex marriage...

19 Jul

Posted at 09:52h in Assisted Reproductive Technology, Family Law, Fertility Law, Foreign Surrogacy, Gay Fathers, Intended Parents, International Surrogacy, LGBT, Parentage Orders, Rich Vaughn, Same Sex Marriage, Same Sex Parents, Surrogacy, Uncategorized by
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A July 5 ruling by the French supreme court, or Cour de cassation, has brought some clarity but not necessarily made things any easier for French intended parents seeking French recognition of their parental authority for children born via surrogacy. Surrogacy has been illegal in...

30 Jun

Posted at 15:01h in American Bar Association, Assisted Reproductive Technology, Family Law, Fertility Law, IFLG, Reproductive Laws, Rich Vaughn, Rich Vaughn Publication by
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It’s finally out, in paper and in e-version! After three years of writing, rewriting, editing, proofreading and  more of the same, as I was talking to potential intended parents in Shanghai and Taiwan a week ago, the book I co-wrote with colleague and fellow ART...

20 Jun

Posted at 09:14h in Assisted Reproductive Technology, Foreign Surrogacy, Gay Fathers, IFLG, Intended Parents, International Surrogacy, LGBT, Parentage Orders, Reproductive Laws, Rich Vaughn, Same Sex Marriage, Same Sex Parents, Surrogacy by
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As an attorney with a busy practice, a husband and a father of two boys, my days usually fly by juggling responsibilities and deadlines, and there isn’t much time for reflection. But every now and then, the stars align and events coincide, and it almost...

09 Jun

Posted at 14:10h in Assisted Reproductive Technology, Fertility Law, Fertility Treatment, Gay Fathers, LGBT, Marriage Equality, Parentage Orders, Reproductive Laws, Rich Vaughn, Same Sex Marriage, Same Sex Parents by
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I have the great honor of traveling next week to China and Japan to talk to members of the LGBT communities there about assisted reproductive technology and the legal considerations for same-sex intended parents, joined by my colleague Sandy Chuan of the San Diego Fertility...

02 Jun

Posted at 14:09h in Assisted Reproductive Technology, Fertility Law, Parentage Orders, Reproductive Laws, Rich Vaughn, Surrogacy by
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Surrogacy agreements became legal in the District of Columbia for the first time in 25 years on April 7, following Congressional approval of a statute passed by the district city council in December. Surprisingly, despite the progressive track record of the DC government, which was one...

22 May

Posted at 12:11h in Assisted Reproductive Technology, Foreign Surrogacy, Intended Parents, International Surrogacy, Reproductive Laws, Surrogacy by
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The Cambodian government finally took action last month to resolve a legal quandary that trapped dozens of foreign couples and their unborn or newborn children in the country following its ban on commercial surrogacy in October 2016. The Cambodian government’s plan will provide a limited time...

03 May

Posted at 13:16h in American Bar Association, Assisted Reproductive Technology, In Vitro Fertilization, Rich Vaughn by
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The Society for Assisted Reproductive Technology, or SART, announced May 2 that, with preliminary 2015 data in, more than 1 million babies have been born in the United States via in vitro fertilization and other types of assisted reproductive technology since data collection began in...

03 Apr

Posted at 17:16h in Assisted Reproductive Technology, Fertility Law, Foreign Surrogacy, International Surrogacy, Parentage Orders, Reproductive Laws, Rich Vaughn, Surrogacy by
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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 families caught unawares by a recent change in...

08 Mar

Posted at 15:14h in Assisted Reproductive Technology, Family Law, Intended Parents, Marriage Equality, Parentage Orders, Reproductive Laws, Same Sex Marriage, Same Sex Parents by
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A U.S. District Court ruled Feb. 16 that South Carolina’s refusal to list both parents on the birth certificates of twins born to a married lesbian couple violates the 14th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. The state did not appeal the decision but instead entered...

04 Mar

Posted at 14:39h in Assisted Reproductive Technology, Gay Fathers, International Surrogacy, LGBT, Parentage Orders, Reproductive Laws, Rich Vaughn, Same Sex Parents, Surrogacy by
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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 Canadian court established both men...

17 Feb

Posted at 09:55h in Adoption, Assisted Reproductive Technology, Family Law, Fertility Law, Fertility Treatment, IFLG, In Vitro Fertilization, Intended Parents, LGBT, Parentage Orders, Same Sex Marriage, Same Sex Parents by
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The wheels of progress turn slowly, and in some parts of the world, leaders stand on the brakes, bring it to a screeching halt, then do their best to roll it backwards. That appears to be happening right now in the Tennessee state legislature. Under the...