Read more about the article ABA Conference Helps Keep Family Law Attorneys at Top of Game
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ABA Conference Helps Keep Family Law Attorneys at Top of Game

Continuing Legal Education Conference of the American Bar Association, Family Law Section, held in Southampton, Bermuda was an important opportunity for my colleagues in the fields of family law and fertility law.

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May 16, 2014
Read more about the article Fertility Doctors Seek to Reduce Twin Births from IVF
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Fertility Doctors Seek to Reduce Twin Births from IVF

The Today Show, as part of a series on ART, recently highlighted technological improvements that have resulted in fewer births of triplets and higher multiples and, increasingly, fewer births of twins.

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December 11, 2013
Read more about the article MTV’s “Generation Cryo” Explores Emotional Impact of Sperm Donation
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MTV’s “Generation Cryo” Explores Emotional Impact of Sperm Donation

“Who’s Your Daddy?” the first in the six-episode MTV docu-series, “Generation Cryo,” premiered Nov. 25 at 10 p.m. Pacific Time. The second episode, “Come To Grips,” will air next Monday,…

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November 26, 2013
Read more about the article AAARTA Conference Offers Global Perspective on ART Law
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AAARTA Conference Offers Global Perspective on ART Law

Earlier this month I attended the American Academy of Assisted Reproductive Technology Attorneys (AAARTA) and American Academy of Adoption Attorneys Mid-Year Conference in Charleston, South Carolina. The conference, entitled “A…

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November 20, 2013
Read more about the article AFA Offers Fertility Resources to Members of Armed Services
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AFA Offers Fertility Resources to Members of Armed Services

AFA’s recent initiative to help members of the U.S. armed forces and their families by providing information and resources and providing discounted infertility treatment and preservation services to service members.

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November 11, 2013
Read more about the article AFA’s Illuminations New York Honors Vardalos, Penzias
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AFA’s Illuminations New York Honors Vardalos, Penzias

Honorees at the upcoming American Fertility Association New York Illuminations November 4 are Nia Vardalos, recipient of the 2013 Carol Berger Adoption Advocacy Award, and Dr. Alan S. Penzias, M.D. recipient of the Joyce M. Vargyas MD Visionary Award.

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November 2, 2013
Read more about the article Iowa Supreme Court Ruling A Mixed Blessing for LGBT Parentage Law
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Iowa Supreme Court Ruling A Mixed Blessing for LGBT Parentage Law

The Gartner family of Iowa received wonderful news on May 3rd when they were notified that the Iowa Supreme Court agreed with them that the Department of Health must include the nonbiological mother of the couple’s daughter on the birth certificate.

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May 23, 2013
Read more about the article New Order Offers French Nationality to Children Born to Foreign Surrogates
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New Order Offers French Nationality to Children Born to Foreign Surrogates

Another development in France was the issuance of an order from the French Justice Minister Christiane Taubira that could have enormous impact on French families created via assisted reproductive technology.

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April 5, 2013
Read more about the article Australian Surrogacy Laws
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Australian Surrogacy Laws

Recent news out of Australia is evidence of two important trends: first, that the number of children born through surrogacy is increasing significantly, and second, that Australia, like many other countries, is struggling to find ways for its legal system to keep up with fertility technology.

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March 12, 2013
Read more about the article Preparation and Planning Doubly Important for Single Intended Parents
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Preparation and Planning Doubly Important for Single Intended Parents

The prospect of parenting a child alone, physically, mentally and financially, for 18 years or more is a daunting one. But for an adult who has considered the pros and cons and is genuinely committed to becoming a single parent, ART can be an option.

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February 21, 2013
Read more about the article Real Housewives’ Feud Spotlights Dilemma of How To Tell Kids About ART
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Real Housewives’ Feud Spotlights Dilemma of How To Tell Kids About ART

Apparently during the taping of a segment for the new season, Glanville revealed that Maloof had used a surrogate to have her twin boys, Christian and Colin, now 6 years old. The publicity surrounding what is and should be a completely personal decision has raised awareness of a question that every parent of a child born through surrogacy faces: When, how and what do I tell my child about his or her birth story?

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February 19, 2013
Read more about the article Illinois Public Health Department Policy Change Ensures Equal Protection for ALL Intended Parents
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Illinois Public Health Department Policy Change Ensures Equal Protection for ALL Intended Parents

The Illinois Department of Public Health recently reversed its discriminatory policy and instructed that names of both same-sex intended parents be entered on birth certificates in gestational surrogacy cases, following the intent of the Illinois Gestational Surrogacy Act enacted in 2005.

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November 21, 2012
Read more about the article Ability to Create Eggs from Skin Cells Offers Future New Options for Infertility Treatment
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Ability to Create Eggs from Skin Cells Offers Future New Options for Infertility Treatment

Japanese scientists produced viable eggs from the skin cells of mice and earlier successfully created sperm from the embryonic stem cells of mice, opening up a world of future possibilities for assisted reproductive technology.

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November 16, 2012
Read more about the article Texas Surrogacy Case Highlights Need for Legal Agreement
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Texas Surrogacy Case Highlights Need for Legal Agreement

Since there appears to have been neither a written gestational agreement nor court preapproval in this tragic Texas case, the parentage of the child may be determined under Texas laws predating the state's adoption of the gestational surrogacy standards set forth in the Uniform Parentage Act.

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October 1, 2012
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Surrogacy to Help Gay Men Become Parents

The number of gay couples forming families is on a steady rise from previous years. Gay and lesbian couples around the world are finding new hope creating families using ART methods.

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July 2, 2012