California Governor Gavin Newsom signed SB 729 into law requiring large group health care service plan contracts and disability insurance policies to provide coverage for the diagnosis and treatment of infertility and [...]
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Fri 27 Sep, 2024
Alabama High Court Ruling Deems Frozen Embryos Children, Threatens IVF and Sparks Backlash
Earlier this year, the Alabama Supreme Court ruled that all embryos are legally regarded as children, stating that Alabama’s Wrongful Death of a Minor Act applies to all unborn children, regardless of their location. By [...]
Wed 27 Sep, 2023
More Women Are Freezing Their Eggs Due to Lack of Suitable Men
Prior to 2012, egg freezing had been deemed “experimental” by the American Society for Reproductive Medicine (ASRM), and the procedure had been largely only available to patients who were undergoing chemotherapy or other [...]
Thanks to improvements in vitro fertilization (IVF) techniques, intended parents today often end up with more viable embryos than they are able to use. Embryo donation offers parents a solution for “excess” embryos and a [...]
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 [...]
In this pandemic season of uncertainty and fear, images from around the world of the first health care workers and elderly people being vaccinated has brought hope to many hearts that we may finally bring the COVD-19 pandemic [...]