Tunisia, a country once considered a leading advocate for women’s rights in the Arab world, now faces criticism as single women, constrained by an outdated law, demand the right to…
On June 22, California Congressmembers Adam Schiff and Judy Chu introduced a bill that would eliminate a significant inequity in the U.S. tax code and help make assisted reproduction more…
Even as some states and a growing number of corporations offer support for family-building expenses such as adoption or IVF, LGBTQ intended parents are still likely to face higher medical and legal costs than their heterosexual peers.
The Supreme Court today released a devastating abortion decision that will negatively impact millions of people and families across America. The Supreme Court's decision in the case challenging Mississippi’s abortion…
With income tax time upon us, same-sex couples who hoped to deduct expenses for assisted reproductive technologies such as egg or sperm donation, in vitro fertilization or surrogacy are meeting…
Even as reproductive professionals report a shortage of egg and sperm donors, thanks to the lengthy donation process, less anonymity, and lingering impact of the coronavirus pandemic, many people still…
As assisted reproductive technology (ART) becomes an increasingly common and accepted way of creating families, a growing movement calls for ART to be available to anyone who needs it, regardless…
Often at this time of year, I find myself thinking about years past, how blessed I have been to work in a field that still fills me with passion, and…
The COVID-19 pandemic has added a new critical area of questions to consider in matching intended parents and potential surrogates: COVID vaccination status—is the surrogate vaccinated? Do the intended parents…
As an onslaught of state anti-abortion legislation threatens U.S. women’s rights, including an onerous new Texas law that effectively bans all abortions even in cases of rape or incest, New…
With the recent lifting of COVID-19-related travel bans, effective in November 2021, as well as long-needed reforms to U.S. naturalization procedures, most intended parents who travel abroad for IVF and…
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued an official Health Advisory yesterday (September 29) recommending that pregnant, recently pregnant or lactating women and those trying or planning…
As global birth rates decline, raising concerns about shrinking labor forces and falling GDPs, Japan’s government is trying to make it easier for workers to become parents by offering paid…
Since the COVID-19 lockdowns in early 2020, demand for fertility services has skyrocketed. Fertility clinics and IVF providers report a recent rush on services, the result of a “perfect storm”…
A proposed law now before Congress would guarantee parents who undergo failure of fertility treatments such as in vitro fertilization (IVF) or surrogacy, as well as those who lose babies…
Currently pending before Congress is legislation that would offer an expanded range of fertility treatment services to U.S. veterans, including to many LGBTQ+ veterans who have previously been denied equal…
Mississippi Attorney General Lynn Fitch filed a brief on July 22 asking the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn Roe v. Wade, the landmark 1973 decision establishing a woman’s right to…
Several companies now offer a new type of genetic screening to determine which embryos created with in vitro fertilization have a higher risk of developing common diseases such as diabetes…
A coalition of women’s health organizations and advocates is challenging the onerous new Texas abortion ban, due to take effect in September, by suing the judges, county clerks and professional…
The Michigan Court of Appeals recently ruled that lesbian mom LaNesha Matthews, who gave birth to twin daughters created by “reciprocal IVF” with her then partner Kyresha LeFever some 10…
More than a third of transgender people—who constitute an estimated 0.7 percent of the U.S. population—want to have biological children—either right now, or in the future. Yet, according to a…
As we begin LGBTQ Pride Month, I am proud to recommend a great new book, Love Comes First: Creating LGBTQ Families, by Dr. Bradford Kolb, MD, and Melinda Maerker, with…
In this Fertility Café podcast, I join host Eloise Drane of Family Inceptions to discuss surrogacy and what intended parents and surrogates need to know about preparing legally for…
I was delighted recently to be a featured guest on Cleveland NBC affiliate WKYC’s podcast, “3 Things to Know with Stephanie Haney,” in which the host and I discussed egg…
Egg freezing, or oocyte cryopreservation, already growing in popularity as a way to preserve fertility against disease and to postpone childbearing for career reasons, has exploded during the COVID-19 era.…
We at IFLG, our colleagues in the field of assisted reproductive technology (ART) and advocates for families everywhere are celebrating a long-awaited victory today: The U.S. State Department has officially…
As more people use assisted reproductive technologies such as in vitro fertilization (IVF) and cryopreservation to become parents, more conflicts over the treatment and disposition of unused embryos are ending…
Arizona has passed a broad-based law that makes it a felony for a physician to perform an abortion because of a fetal genetic abnormality or for anyone to fund an…
Congratulations to NBC co-chief White House correspondent Kristen Welker and her husband, marketing executive John Hughes, who announced recently on NBC’s Today Show that they are expecting a baby daughter…
Colorado is poised to sign into law the state’s first comprehensive surrogacy statute, establishing requirements for legally enforceable surrogacy. Surrogacy law in the United States varies widely from state-to-state, from…
The recent pandemic-related surge in in vitro fertilization will inevitably contribute to a growing number of legal disputes over the disposition of unused embryos. The best way to avoid what…
Tennessee is on track to pass a law requiring insurers to cover treatment for infertility, joining 19 other U.S. states that mandate coverage for either fertility treatment such as IVF…
New, highly restrictive abortion laws in Arkansas and South Carolina are only the latest among dozens of anti-choice bills aimed by conservative state lawmakers at testing the limits of Roe…
On the roller coaster ride that is the good news/bad news of the COVID-19 pandemic on any given day, this high point came in the news today: The birth of…
All too often, Black women who seek treatment for infertility and Black intended parents who seek to create families via assisted reproductive technology (ART) encounter an unexpected barrier to access:…
On February 2, 2021, just a little over a year after it initially approved a law to legalize in vitro fertilization for lesbians and single women, the French Senate voted…
The new Child Parent Security Act (CPSA) took effect on Monday, February 15, 2021, legalizing compensated surrogacy in the state of New York, with robust protections for surrogates and intended…
Congratulations, New York! Today, February 15, 2021, the Child Parent Security Act (CPSA) takes effect, ending the three-decade-long ban on surrogacy in the state of New York. In this informative…
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…
Michigan couple Tammy and Jordan Myers, biological parents of twins born via surrogacy January 11, must adopt their own babies in order to become their legal parents. That’s because little…
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…
Join Rich Vaughn of International Fertility Law Group, Dr. Said Daneshmand of the San Diego Fertility Center and Darlene Pinkerton of A Perfect Match surrogacy agency for a discussion on…
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…
The path to parenthood just got a little smoother for U.K. intended parents planning surrogacy in the United States: The U.K. agency regulating assisted reproduction has agreed to overturn a…
It’s hard to believe it has been eight months since the first time we wrote about the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on international intended parents planning surrogacy in the…
San Diego Fertility Center's Richard Westoby talks to IFLG's Rich Vaughn about updates in the process of traveling into the US from Europe during the time of COVID-19 pandemic. Planning…
Fertility lawyer Rich Vaughn of International Fertility Law Group discusses the legal objectives and arrangements involved with establishing Parental Rights when utilizing assisted reproductive technology as an option towards the dream of becoming parents. Contact IFLG to learn about how we help parents via IVF establish Parental Rights.
Barrett confirmation to Supreme Court poses a threat to in vitro fertilization (IVF). IFLG calls on Senators to protect reproductive rights. While advocates for reproductive freedom brace for an assault on abortion rights with the potential confirmation of Amy Coney Barrett to the U.S. Supreme Court, fertility professionals fear that access to common infertility treatment such as in vitro fertilization, or IVF, might also be in jeopardy.
As the U.S. Supreme Court reconvened last week for the first time since the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg, conservative U.S. Supreme Court Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel A.…
Watch Rich Vaughn of International Fertility Law Group as he discusses the legal musts and must-nots during his participation in this informative webinar led by leading fertility specialist and advocate for LGBTQ families, Dr. John Norian, in which he discusses 'fatherhood for gay men through surrogacy'.
