Assisted Reproductive Technology / Fertility Treatment / IFLG / In Vitro Fertilization / Intended Parents / IVF / Rich Vaughn / Surrogacy

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

Assisted Reproductive Technology / Fertility Treatment / IFLG / In Vitro Fertilization / Insurance / Intended Parents / IVF / Preparation Before IVF / Preparing For IVF / Rich Vaughn

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

Assisted Reproductive Technology / Egg donation news / Egg Freezing / Fertility Treatment / IFLG / In Vitro Fertilization / Infertility / Intended Parents / IVF / Rich Vaughn / Trends in Reproductive Health

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

Assisted Reproductive Technology / Biological Time Clock / Fertility Disparities in Black Women / Fertility Treatment / IFLG / Infertility / Racial Disparities in ART / Rich Vaughn

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

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

Assisted Reproductive Technology / Egg donation news / Embryo Donation / Fertility Treatment / In Vitro Fertilization / Rich Vaughn / Sperm Donation Information

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

Coronavirus / Fertility Treatment / Rich Vaughn

Eggs Not A COVID-19 Infection Risk in Assisted Reproduction

Eggs, or oocytes, from women who contract COVID-19 are unlikely to become infected with the virus or to infect resulting embryos, according to a recent scientific study. Published in Human…

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January 19, 2021

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

Assisted Reproductive Technology / Coronavirus / Foreign Surrogacy / Intended Parents / International Surrogacy / Surrogacy Latest News

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

Assisted Reproductive Technology / Health Policy / New York / New York Surrogacy Law / Rich Vaughn / Surrogacy Agreement

New York Ends Surrogacy Ban, Enacts Surrogate Bill of Rights

The New York state legislature passed today a landmark bill that will end New York’s three-decade ban on compensated surrogacy, establishing a surrogate bill of rights and streamlining the parental…

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April 2, 2020

Coronavirus / Intended Parents / International Surrogacy / Surrogacy Latest News

More COVID-19 Pregnancy Information for Intended Parents, Surrogates

Here is more information for intended parents and surrogates about the coronavirus disease COVID-19 and what experts are saying about its potential impact on pregnancy. Thanks to our colleague Dr. John…

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March 20, 2020

Assisted Reproductive Technology / LGBT News / LGBT Parents Information / Same Sex Marriage / Same Sex Parents

Family Building with ART Is Hot Topic at Taiwan LGBT Pride 2019

To all my friends and colleagues in Taiwan, Happy Pride 2019! I will be there soon to celebrate with you and to participate, along with the organization Taiwan LGBT Family…

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October 18, 2019

IFLG / In Vitro Fertilization / International Surrogacy / IVF

France Takes Another Step to Legalize IVF for Lesbians

The French lower legislative body, the National Assembly, voted today in favor of a law that would legalize in vitro fertilization (IVF) and other assisted reproductive technologies for single women…

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October 15, 2019

Foreign Surrogacy / Rich Vaughn / Surrogacy Latest News

Slow-Moving Irish ART Law Reform Would Severely Limit Surrogacy

Ireland, the traditionally Catholic country where surrogacy has existed for decades in a legal limbo, with no laws on the books, is slow-walking a badly needed overhaul of its reproductive…

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October 3, 2019

Assisted Reproductive Technology / LGBT News / Surrogacy Latest News

Movement to End New York Surrogacy Ban Advances

New York advocates for reproductive freedom report progress in their efforts to end the state’s nearly three-decade ban on commercial surrogacy agreements. Despite ongoing organized opposition from far-right and anti-choice…

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March 19, 2019

American Bar Association / Assisted Reproductive Technology / Fertility Law / Model Act / Reproductive Laws / Rich Vaughn

American Bar Association Ratifies 2019 ART Model Act

I’ve spent the past few days at the American Bar Association’s Midyear Meeting in sunny Las Vegas. It is always an honor and privilege to represent the ABA Assisted Reproduction…

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January 29, 2019

Assisted Reproductive Technology / Fertility Law / Foreign Surrogacy / International Surrogacy / LGBT News / Parentage Orders / Reproductive Laws / Rich Vaughn / Same Sex Parents / Surrogacy Latest News

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

Assisted Reproductive Technology / Fertility Law / IFLG / Intended Parents / LGBT News / Same Sex Marriage / Same Sex Parents

2nd-Parent Adoption Remains Best Protection for LGBT Parents

Huffington Post recently published an article by guest writer Lora Liegel about her experience as a legally married lesbian mom compelled to undergo “second-parent” adoption of her son, Finn, in…

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September 2, 2018

Assisted Reproductive Technology / Rich Vaughn / Surrogacy Latest News

New Jersey Surrogacy Law Ends 30-Year Ban

New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy just signed a law legalizing gestational carrier agreements, effectively lifting a 30-year ban on surrogacy in the state. Passage of S482, the “New Jersey Gestational…

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June 1, 2018

Assisted Reproductive Technology / Gay Fathers / IFLG / Intended Parents / LGBT News / Marriage Equality / Parentage Orders / Reproductive Laws / Rich Vaughn / Same Sex Parents / Surrogacy Latest News

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