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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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