The Alabama Supreme Court’s recent ruling that recognized embryos as children under state law sparked widespread concern throughout the reproductive health community. This decision, with its potential to affect IVF treatments not just in Alabama but also...
Many families that are unable to have children of their own consider surrogacy. Making that decision can be tough, though, and those who think about pursuing the process oftentimes find themselves feeling alone. However, recent studies show that families struggling...
Utilizing a gestational surrogate can be a great way to bring a happy and healthy child into your family. While there’s a lot of support and guidance out there to help you navigate the surrogacy agreement process and the stresses that can accompany it, many...
Surrogacy can be a great option if you’re struggling to or are incapable of having children on your own. Yet, it’s a very involved legal process, and for good reason. You don’t want to overlook something that could negatively impact your ability to secure parental...
Pursuing surrogacy can be exciting and nerve-wracking at the same time. You’ll have a lot of decisions to make as you navigate the process, each one having serious ramifications for you and your child. With that in mind, you need to be careful as you move through the...
Much of the nation was recently shocked by the February 16, 2024 decision of the Alabama Supreme Court holding that embryos created by in vitro fertilization (IVF) were in fact human beings. Media outlets were quick to pick selected quotes from the court’s majority...
Understanding how parental rights are established in California can be a point of concern for parents going through fertility treatments or surrogacy. While the most common way of establishing parental rights in California is by giving birth to a child or by...
The word family is encompassing for most. One does not need to be biologically related to create this bond; however, many parents in California seek to add a biological child to their family. Whether biologically related to one or both parents, many fraught with...
Sperm donation, egg donation, surrogacy and other fertility techniques have helped many people start happy families after they believed they would never be able to have children. Most of these families would likely say that fertility technologies have been...
When a married couple has utilized assisted reproductive technology to conceive and finds themselves facing divorce, the fate of leftover fertilized embryos stored in a fertility clinic becomes a complex legal and ethical dilemma. In the realm of California divorce...
