Fertility Treatment Benefits / IFLG / Insurance / Intended Parents / LGBTQ Community Reproductive Healthcare / LGBTQ Reproductive Healthcare / Reproductive Health Benefits / Reproductive Laws / Same Sex Parents

LGBTQ Couples Fight for Reproductive Healthcare Benefits

As a growing number of same-sex couples turn to assisted reproductive technology (ART) to create their families, many are disheartened to find disparities in reproductive healthcare benefits provided by employers and insurers compared to their heterosexual counterparts. In many cases, LGBTQ couples are being denied fertility benefits, because they don’t fit into an antiquated mold of traditional male and female gender roles.

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February 6, 2024

LGBT Parents Information / Same Sex Marriage

Proposed Law Allows LGBTQ Parents to Claim Assisted Reproduction Tax Deduction

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…

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July 6, 2022

In Vitro Fertilization / LGBT Parents Information

How to Tell Your Kids They Were Born Using IVF

 In 1978, in England, Louise Brown, the first child made outside the womb, was born. Over the course of the next few years, babies like Louise were labeled as “test…

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February 8, 2022

Coronavirus / International Surrogacy / LGBT Parents Information

End to Travel Bans, Naturalization Reforms Are Good News for International Surrogacy

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…

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October 6, 2021

LGBT News / Marriage Equality

Switzerland to vote on LGBTQ marriage

Swiss voters will decide September 26 whether to legalize same-sex marriage, a change in the law that also would give lesbian couples access to donor sperm and same-sex couples the…

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August 31, 2021

Gay Fathers / LGBT Parents Information / Same Sex Parents / Surrogacy Latest News

Israel Supreme Court Legalizes Surrogacy for Gay Men

The government of Israel must end its ban on surrogacy for gay men and single men within six months, the nation’s top court ruled on July 11. The ruling follows…

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July 13, 2021

LGBT News / New York Surrogacy Law / Same Sex Marriage

‘Fertility Equality’ In the Air for Pride 2021

France, Switzerland vote for LGBTQ reproductive rights in win for fertility equality movement during Pride Month 2021

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July 1, 2021

LGBT Parents Information

Good Read: ‘Love Comes First’ Offers Inspiration, Advice for LGBTQ Parents 

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…

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June 9, 2021

Assisted Reproductive Technology / Fertility Law / Fertility Treatment / Infertility / Insurance / LGBT Parents Information / New York / Same Sex Parents

Fertility Insurance Laws Defray Costs of Assisted Reproduction But Exclude Gay Men

Nineteen U.S. states have enacted laws that require insurance companies to offer coverage for in vitro fertilization and other types of fertility treatments—a ray of hope for individuals for whom…

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December 23, 2020

2020 Election / LGBT Parents Information / Marriage Equality / Same Sex Marriage / Same Sex Parents

Is Same-Sex Marriage at Risk in Supreme Court? 5 Things LGBTQ Families Should Know

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.…

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October 12, 2020

Assisted Reproductive Technology / Coronavirus / Covid-19 Webinars / Gay Fathers / Intended Parents / LGBT Parents Information / Rich Vaughn / Same Sex Marriage / Same Sex Parents / Surrogacy Latest News

Pride Month Panel: Family Building with Assisted Reproduction for LGBTQ People

Yesterday I participated in the second weekly national webinar for surrogacy professionals, convened by the American Bar Association and SEEDS (Society for Ethics in Egg Donation and Surrogacy). The webinars have been a great forum for fertility lawyers, reproductive healthcare providers, surrogacy and donor agencies and non-profit advocacy organizations from all over the U.S. to share information about current conditions and issues of concern to our clients and stakeholders.

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July 1, 2020

Coronavirus / Egg Donation Information / Gay Fathers / Intended Parents / International Surrogacy / LGBT Parents Information / Surrogacy Latest News

LGBTQ Intended Parents Juggle COVID-19 Travel Bans, Birth Plan Disruptions

As intended parents, donors and surrogates all over the world are postponing procedures, cancelling appointments, and juggling last-minute changes to travel and birthing plans due to the coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic,…

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March 28, 2020

Assisted Reproductive Technology / Egg Donation Information / Foreign Surrogacy / IFLG / International Surrogacy / LGBT Parents Information / New York / Rich Vaughn / Same Sex Parents / Surrogacy Latest News

Surrogacy Education Down Under Kicks Off IFLG’s 2020 Travel Plans

I was excited and honored to have the opportunity to speak on U.S. surrogacy laws at two Growing Family conferences on February 8 in Sydney and on February 9 in…

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February 10, 2020

Assisted Reproductive Technology / LGBT News / New York / Reproductive Laws / Rich Vaughn / Surrogacy Agreement / Surrogacy Latest News

Cuomo Vows to Take on New York Surrogacy Ban Again in 2020

In advance of his January 8 state-of-the-state address, Governor Andrew Cuomo has promised to renew his efforts to end New York’s statewide surrogacy ban in 2020 and to provide the…

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January 2, 2020

Foreign Surrogacy / International Surrogacy / LGBT Parents Information / Same Sex Parents

France Recognizes Intended Parents After 19 Years of Litigation

After 19 years of court battles and legal ups and downs, the French Court of Final Appeal has recognized Sylvie and Dominique Mennesson as the legal parents of their twin…

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October 9, 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

Gay Fathers / New York / Rich Vaughn / Same Sex Parents / Surrogacy Agreement / Surrogacy Latest News

Utah Supreme Court Strikes Statute Denying Surrogacy for Gay Dads

“This appeal comes to us unopposed,” reads the first sentence of the Utah State Supreme Court’s August 1 decision striking down a statute that denied same-sex married couples equal rights…

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August 14, 2019

Foreign Surrogacy / Gay Fathers / IFLG / International Surrogacy / LGBT News / Same Sex Parents / Surrogacy Latest News

Italy Backtracks on Recognition of Twins’ Non-Biological Dad

For more than two years, we’ve been following the case of two Italian dads, a gay couple, who became parents of twin boys via egg donation and surrogacy in Canada,…

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June 12, 2019

American Bar Association / LGBT News / Marriage Equality / Rich Vaughn / Same Sex Parents

American Bar Calls Out Discrimination Against LGBTQ Parents

Many LGBT intended parents and their families rejoiced in 2015, when the U.S. Supreme Court, in Obergefell v. Hodges, legalized same-sex marriage in all 50 states. Finally, LGBT married couples…

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April 19, 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