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Many would-be mothers faced with COVID-19-related sperm bank closures and donor shortages turned to social media and donor websites. Among the risks of online matching is the danger of unknowingly matching with a so-called [...]

On February 2, 2021, just a little over a year after it initially approved a law to legalize in vitro fertilization for lesbians and single women, the French Senate voted to deny lesbians and single women access to IVF. The [...]

NYSBA Webinar, Feb. 18, 2021, “Compensated Gestational Surrogacy Has Arrived: The Child Parent Security Act Becomes Effective February 2021- Part II”

The new Child Parent Security Act (CPSA) took effect on Monday, February 15, 2021, legalizing compensated surrogacy in the state of New York, with robust protections for surrogates and intended parents. As I wrote recently [...]

Congratulations, New York! Today, February 15, 2021, the Child Parent Security Act (CPSA) takes effect, ending the three-decade-long ban on surrogacy in the state of New York.  In this informative webinar, hosted by donor [...]

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 babies amid [...]