Birthright Citizenship / Birthright Citizenship 2025 / IFLG / Rich Vaughn

Trump v. CASA, Inc., et al.: What does the Supreme Court’s June 27, 2025 ruling mean for birthright citizenship?

Trump v. CASA, Inc., et al. What does the Supreme Court's June 27, 2025 ruling mean for birthright citizenship? The short answer: It's still unfolding.The Court's decision on June 27, 2025, did not address the guarantee of citizenship for those born on U.S. soil enshrined in the 14th Amendment to the US Constitution since the 1800s. However, it did narrow the power of federal courts to issue nationwide (i.e., universal) injunctions.

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June 27, 2025

Abortion Law / Assisted Reproductive Technology / Frozen Embryos / IFLG / Reproductive Laws / Rich Vaughn / Texas Abortion Ban / Trends in Reproductive Health

Texas Abortion Ban Risks Women’s Health and Stretches into the World of Assisted Reproduction

With its restrictive abortion law, the state of Texas has become an example of why bans on abortion are not only a detriment to women’s rights and health, but, as time passes and lawsuits are filed, it is also giving us insight into possible far-reaching consequences in the world of assisted reproduction.

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August 29, 2023

Abortion Law

Does Supreme Court’s Abortion Decision Threaten Right to Fertility Treatment?

The U.S. Supreme Court’s 6-3 decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, which overturned Roe v. Wade, the 1973 case establishing women’s constitutional right to choose, had an obvious…

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August 16, 2022

Abortion Law

Devastating Supreme Court Decision Strips Women of the Right to Choose

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…

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June 24, 2022

Abortion Law

Overturn of Roe v. Wade Could Make Some States Hostile to Surrogacy

The media frenzy and public backlash we were all expecting later this summer came early. An unprecedented series of leaks from the U.S. Supreme Court, including the leak of a…

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May 17, 2022

Abortion Law

Mississippi Asks U.S. Supreme Court to Overturn Roe v. Wade

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…

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August 3, 2021

Abortion Law

Pro-Choice Advocates Challenge Extreme Texas Abortion Ban

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…

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July 20, 2021

Abortion Law / Fertility Law

First Challenge to Roe v. Wade Hits 6-3 Conservative Majority Supreme Court

The U.S. Supreme Court announced May 17 that it will hear the case challenging a Mississippi abortion law that, if upheld, would effectively overturn Roe v. Wade. The Mississippi law,…

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May 21, 2021

Abortion Law / Reproductive Laws

New Arizona Law Criminalizes Abortion Due to Genetic Fetal Abnormality

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…

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May 4, 2021

Abortion Law / Reproductive Laws / Surrogacy Latest News

Anti-Choice Laws in S. Carolina, Arkansas Among Dozens Headed for Supreme Court

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…

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March 23, 2021

2020 Election / Abortion Law / Assisted Reproductive Technology / Cryopreservation / Embryo Disposition Agreement / Fertility Treatment / Frozen Embryos / In Vitro Fertilization / IVF / Reproductive Laws / Rich Vaughn

Barrett Confirmation Could Pose Threat to In Vitro Fertilization

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.

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October 15, 2020

American Bar Association / Assisted Reproductive Technology / Foreign Surrogacy / Gay Fathers / IFLG / International Surrogacy / LGBT News / LGBT Parents Information / Marriage Equality / Same Sex Marriage / Same Sex Parents

Federal Court Rules Gay Dads’ Baby Born Via Surrogacy Abroad Is U.S. Citizen

A federal court has ruled, once again, that the child of a legally married gay couple, born via surrogacy abroad, is a U.S. citizen and has been since her 2019 birth—refuting the Trump administration’s continuing policy of defining her and other similar surrogate births to LGBTQ parents as “out of wedlock.”

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July 3, 2020

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

Supreme Court Religious Freedom Case Could Enshrine Right to Discriminate

In a historic decision last week, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that LGBTQ Americans are protected under the 1964 Civil Rights Act from being fired because of their sexual orientation…

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June 24, 2020

2016 Election / Family Law / Gay Fathers / LGBT News / Marriage Equality / Rich Vaughn / Same Sex Marriage / Same Sex Parents

Will Trump Take Away Your Right to Marry? Unlikely

As my fellow family lawyers and ART attorneys and I work to wrap our heads around last week’s presidential election results, many of our clients are turning to us for…

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November 18, 2016

LGBT News / Marriage Equality / Same Sex Marriage

Will 2015 Bring Supreme Court Ruling on Gay Marriage?

Proponents of marriage equality have a lot to celebrate as we near the beginning of a new year. Since January 1, 2014, courts in 20 states have overturned bans on…

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December 19, 2014

IFLG / Marriage Equality / Rich Vaughn / Same Sex Marriage

SCOTUS Inaction Results in More Same-Sex Marriage

As of September, 17 state attorneys general had joined a “friend of the court” brief asking the U.S. Supreme Court to hear same-sex marriage cases from the Fourth, Seventh and…

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October 8, 2014

Adoption / Fertility Law / IFLG / Parentage Orders / Rich Vaughn

SCOTUS ICWA Ruling

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled June 25 on a case related to the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA), which was enacted in the late 1970s primarily to protect against the involuntary removal by child welfare authorities of children from Indian families for placement in non-Indian homes. The court decision.

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June 28, 2013