A San Francisco court upheld earlier this week an agreement that frozen embryos created via in vitro fertilization during a couple’s marriage would be discarded in the event of their divorce. Before undergoing fertility [...]
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Tue 29 Sep, 2015
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 it may be months [...]
As the U.S. Supreme Court prepares to open hearings April 28 on the constitutionality of same-sex marriage bans in four states, a handful of contrarian holdouts continues to fuel the drama. The Supreme Court has said it will [...]
Wed 25 Feb, 2015
ECHR Condemns Italy for Removing Child Born via Surrogacy Abroad
In its most recent ruling on families formed via assisted reproductive technology, the European Court of Human Rights has condemned Italian authorities for removing a child born to an Italian couple via surrogacy in Russia [...]
Britain’s Parliament voted this week to allow strictly limited use of a new fertility treatment that would allow women with a certain type of genetic disorder to become mothers without danger of passing the often [...]
Fri 30 Jan, 2015
Mexican Surrogacy Boom Spawns More Damaging Headlines
Due in part to legal restrictions on surrogacy in many jurisdictions and the high cost of surrogacy and other types of assisted reproductive technology, a brisk surrogacy tourism industry has emerged. Intended parents, [...]