Read more about the article When Algorithms Choose Your Future Child: AI-Assisted Reproduction and What It Means for ART Law
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When Algorithms Choose Your Future Child: AI-Assisted Reproduction and What It Means for ART Law

Artificial intelligence is no longer on the sidelines of reproductive medicine. It’s in the room analyzing sperm, ranking embryos, and influencing decisions that once rested solely with doctors, patients, and their hopes for the future.

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July 17, 2025
Read more about the article In Defense of Surrogacy: Balancing Religious Values and Individual Choices
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In Defense of Surrogacy: Balancing Religious Values and Individual Choices

Pope Francis recently made an absolute statement advocating for the complete prohibition of surrogacy, a position that reflects the traditional stance of the Roman Catholic Church on assisted reproductive technologies. While we respect everyone’s right to their own religious beliefs, it is equally important to consider that individuals who do not subscribe to those particular teachings should not be compelled to follow them.

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January 9, 2024
Read more about the article 6 Things to Know Before Starting IVF
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6 Things to Know Before Starting IVF

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), approximately 2.3% of babies born yearly in the United States are the result of assisted reproductive technologies (ART) thanks to the work of thousands of ART professionals coupled with the determination, sacrifice, and love of thousands of so many intended parents, egg and sperm donors, and surrogates.

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October 16, 2023
Read more about the article Trends Gaining Popularity in Reproductive Health
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Trends Gaining Popularity in Reproductive Health

Four new trends in reproductive health have intended parents proactively seeking their own unique path to parenthood.

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April 11, 2023
Read more about the article Disparities Remain for Black Women Living with Infertility
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Disparities Remain for Black Women Living with Infertility

Although Black History Month is a time to highlight and celebrate achievements in the Black community, it is also a time to acknowledge where we have come from, as Americans…

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February 7, 2023
Read more about the article AI Improves Outcomes, Reduces Costs, in Assisted Reproductive Technology
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AI Improves Outcomes, Reduces Costs, in Assisted Reproductive Technology

Exciting new tools are using artificial intelligence (AI) to improve success rates for assisted reproduction technologies (ART) such as in vitro fertilization (IVF) and surrogacy, resulting in fewer procedures, lower…

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February 1, 2021
Read more about the article Is Assisted Reproductive Technology the Answer to Declining Birth Rates?
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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
Read more about the article ART Attorneys Urge Emergency Action on Newborn Passports During COVID-18 Crisis
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ART Attorneys Urge Emergency Action on Newborn Passports During COVID-18 Crisis

Among the many challenges intended parents are facing during the coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic is the difficulty in obtaining newborn passports enabling them to take their babies born via surrogacy in…

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April 3, 2020
Read more about the article Surrogacy Bans Coming Down in Netherlands, Michigan, New York
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Surrogacy Bans Coming Down in Netherlands, Michigan, New York

Colleagues in Netherlands celebrated this week the news that at least two Dutch IVF clinics plan to open their doors in 2019 to same-sex couples who want to become parents…

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November 18, 2018
Read more about the article Washington Legalizes Compensated Surrogacy
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Washington Legalizes Compensated Surrogacy

­­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,…

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March 6, 2018
Read more about the article Path2Parenthood “Illuminations 2018” Honor Inspires Humility, Pride
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Path2Parenthood “Illuminations 2018” Honor Inspires Humility, Pride

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…

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March 2, 2018
Read more about the article 2nd Parent Adoption Still Gold Standard to Secure LGBT Parental Rights
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2nd Parent Adoption Still Gold Standard to Secure LGBT Parental Rights

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,…

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November 17, 2017
Read more about the article Asia Trip Reminds of Continued Relevance of LGBT Pride Month
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Asia Trip Reminds of Continued Relevance of LGBT Pride Month

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…

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June 20, 2017
Read more about the article Sharing Promise of ART with LGBT China
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Sharing Promise of ART with LGBT China

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…

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June 9, 2017
Read more about the article Legal Time Limits on Egg Storage Creates New “Biological Time Clock”
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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
Read more about the article UK Mom’s Quest to Fulfill Dying Daughter’s Wish Shows Importance of Cryopreservation Agreement
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UK Mom’s Quest to Fulfill Dying Daughter’s Wish Shows Importance of Cryopreservation Agreement

The UK Court of Appeal this week took steps to clear the way for a mother to help carry out the last wishes of her dying daughter to be a…

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July 12, 2016
Read more about the article High Court Rules UK Surrogacy Law Discriminates Against Single Parents
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High Court Rules UK Surrogacy Law Discriminates Against Single Parents

The UK High Court ruled today that UK’s surrogacy law, which bans single people from becoming legal parents via surrogacy, is in breach of the nation’s human rights laws, said…

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May 20, 2016
Read more about the article ABA Recommends Protecting Children’s Citizenship Rights
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ABA Recommends Protecting Children’s Citizenship Rights

As more and more intended parents seek to create families via international surrogacy, national governments have been forced to consider their rules for parental recognition and citizenship of the resulting…

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March 31, 2016
Read more about the article Seminar Offers Answers to LGBT People Considering Parenthood Via ART
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Seminar Offers Answers to LGBT People Considering Parenthood Via ART

I am honored to participate in Family-Building Options for LGBT People, a free seminar presented by my colleague, fertility doctor Dr. Guy Ringler. If you are lesbian, gay, bisexual or…

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October 8, 2015
Read more about the article Texas Birth Certificates to List 2 Moms, 2 Dads
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Texas Birth Certificates to List 2 Moms, 2 Dads

The Texas Department of State Health Services made headlines last month when it revealed in a court filing that it would begin allowing same-sex parents’ names on children’s birth certificates—although…

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September 29, 2015
Read more about the article Bobbie Thomas Brings Her IVF Experience to the BUZZ
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Bobbie Thomas Brings Her IVF Experience to the BUZZ

Thomas made the decision to use her highly visible Today Show podium as a way to get the topic out in the open and potentially make others undergoing fertility treatment feel more comfortable and less alone in the process.

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August 15, 2014
Read more about the article New Hampshire Passes New, Improved Surrogacy Law
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New Hampshire Passes New, Improved Surrogacy Law

New Hampshire Governor Maggie Hassan earlier this month signed SB 353, effective immediately, to bring New Hampshire’s existing surrogacy law up to speed with technological advances in ART and with nationwide best practices.

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July 25, 2014
Read more about the article International Surrogacy Can Be Risky Business for Intended Parents, Surrogates
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International Surrogacy Can Be Risky Business for Intended Parents, Surrogates

ABC report calls out Planet Hospital, a U.S.-based surrogacy brokerage offering surrogacy services in Cancun, Mexico, for allegedly shady practices.

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July 18, 2014
Read more about the article Spain Orders Consulates to Recognize Citizenship of Spanish Babies from Foreign Surrogacies
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Spain Orders Consulates to Recognize Citizenship of Spanish Babies from Foreign Surrogacies

In the wake of the June 26 ruling by the European Court of Human Rights on two French cases, the Spanish ministries of Justice and Foreign Affairs are ordering their consulates to reinstate registrations of children born via surrogacy to Spanish intended parents in countries where surrogacy is legal.

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July 14, 2014