LGBTQ Families: Two Embryos or One? LGBTQJanelle DoddApril 30, 2024Bright Futures Families, conceiving bright futures, growing families, surrogacy, surrogate, gestational carrier, gestational surrogate, gestational surrogacy, intended parents, parents, surrogacy process, surrogacy journey, surrogacy agency, ivf, in vitro fertilization, fertility, fertility clinic, infertility, ip, ips, gc, gcs, assisted reproductive technology, ART, surrogacy statistics, statistic, statistics, lgbtq, reproductive endocrinologist, embryo, embryos, twins, multiples pregnancy, twin pregnancy, medical professional, multiple embryos, multiple embryo transfer, embryo split, medical risk
Is The Surrogacy Broker Really The Bad Guy? Above The LawJanelle DoddApril 25, 2024bright futures families, assisted reproductive technology, assisted reproduction, ART, infertility, fertility, surrogacy, LGBTQ, surrogate, surrogacy arrangement, reproductive material, gametes, embryo, sperm, egg, intended parents, lawsuit, Above The Law, Above The Law article, Ellen Trachman, donate embryo, embryo donation, egg donor, gamete donor, sperm donor, embryo donor, egg donation, gamete donation, sperm donation, attorney, Michigan, Michigan surrogacy law, Michigan Family Protection Act, Governor Gretchen Whitmer, surrogacy broker, surrogacy agency, surrogacy agencies, gestational surrogate, gestational surrogacy, surrogacy legislation, surrogacy in Michigan, Virginia HB110, West Virginia Bill SB 575, surrogacy broker prohibition, Colleen Quinn, Bright Futures Families, Amanda Kinnard-Fuchsgruber, Jennifer White, IWTPABIY, I Want to Put a Baby in You, surrogacy journey, ASRM, American Society for Reproductive Medicine, independent surrogacy journey, illegal surrogacy, decriminalization
Statistics in Surrogacy Intended ParentsJanelle DoddApril 16, 2024Bright Futures Families, conceiving bright futures, growing families, surrogacy, surrogate, gestational carrier, gestational surrogate, gestational surrogacy, intended parents, parents, become a surrogate, surrogacy process, surrogacy journey, becoming a surrogate, become a gestational surrogate, becoming a gestational surrogate, become a gestational carrier, becoming a gestational carrier, surrogacy agency, ivf, in vitro fertilization, fertility, fertility clinic, infertility, ip, ips, gc, gcs, CDC, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, assisted reproductive technology, ART, surrogacy statistics, statistic, statistics
5 Things I Learned from Being a Gestational Carrier SurrogatesAmanda Kinnard-FuchsgruberApril 2, 2024Bright Futures Families, conceiving bright futures, growing families, surrogacy, surrogate, gestational carrier, gestational surrogate, gestational surrogacy, intended parents, parents, become a surrogate, surrogacy process, surrogacy journey, becoming a surrogate, become a gestational surrogate, becoming a gestational surrogate, become a gestational carrier, becoming a gestational carrier, independent surrogacy journey, surrogacy agency, surrogate support, support for surrogate, support system, support during pregnancy, support during surrogacy, ivf, in vitro fertilization, uterus, fertility, fertility clinic, infertility, pump, breast milk, pumping breast milk, ip, ips, gc, gcs, maternal fetal medicine doctor, lesson learned, lessons learned, surrogate story, surrogate experience, surrogacy story, surrogacy experience, my surrogacy journey, my surrogacy experience, experienced surrogate
Idaho Passes Protective Surrogacy Law Above The LawJanelle DoddJune 15, 2023BrightFuturesFamilies, bright futures families, Bright Futures Families, assisted reproductive technology, assisted reproduction, Assisted Reproductive Technology, ART, infertility, fertility, surrogacy, Idaho, Idaho surrogacy, Idaho HB264, Idaho House Bill 264, The Gestational Agreements Act, Idaho Gestational Agreements Act, Monica Cockerille, adoption, in vitro fertilization, IVF, volunteer, volunteerism, surrogate, surrogacy arrangement, surrogacy law, surrogacy legislation, surrogate requirements, surrogate eligibility, reproductive material, donor reproductive material, donor gametes, embryo donation, genetic relation, nongenetic, nongenetic parent, nongenetic parents, nongenetic intended parent, nongenetically related child, nongenetically related parent, gestational surrogacy, traditional surrogacy, intended parents, international parents, surrogate qualifications, medical qualification, intended parent qualifications, Michigan
Ukraine Considers Surrogacy Regulations In Wartime Above The LawJanelle DoddJune 1, 2023BrightFuturesFamilies, bright futures families, Bright Futures Families, assisted reproductive technology, Assisted Reproductive Technology, assisted reproduction, ART, medical technology, infertility, fertility, surrogacy, Surrogacy laws, surrogacy law, surrogacy regulations, surrogacy legislation, Ukrainian law, Ukrainian legislation, Ukraine, Ukraine Surrogacy Dispatches, regulation, regulations, proposed law, reproductive material, donor reproductive material, donor gamete, donor gametes, embryo donation, genetic relation, sex selection, gestational surrogacy, Gestational Surrogacy, traditional surrogacy, intended parents, Intended parents, Intended Parents, foreign intended parents, surrogate qualifications, medical qualification, intended parent qualifications
Is A 68-Year-Old Arranging The Birth Of Her Deceased Son’s Child By Surrogacy Legal? Above The LawJanelle DoddMay 18, 2023BrightFuturesFamilies, bright futures families, Bright Futures Families, assisted reproductive technology, Assisted Reproductive Technology, ART, medical technology, infertility, fertility, reproductive, reproductive technology, reproductive material, donor reproductive material, parentage, egg, donor egg, egg donor, posthumous, posthumous sperm, posthumous conception, Spain, surrogacy law, Ana Obregon, Aless Lequoio, Peter Zhu, sperm retrieval, post-mortem sperm retrieval, donor conceived child, donor conceived, donor conceived person, ASRM, donor gamete, donor gametes, genetic, genetics, genetic relation, older, older parent, older parents
In Unprecedented Ruling, Court Orders Sperm Donor To Stop ... Or Else Above The LawJanelle DoddMay 4, 2023BrightFuturesFamilies, bright futures families, Bright Futures Families, assisted reproductive technology, ART, medical technology, infertility, fertility, i want to put a baby in you, I Want to Put a Baby in You podcast, I Want to Put a Baby in You, attorney, parentage, sperm, SpermDonor, Sperm, sperm donors, spermdonor, sperm donor, sperm kings, sperm king, sperm donation, mass donor, mass donation, mass sperm donor, mass sperm donation, Jonathan Jacob Meijer, Dutch, Dutch Ministry of Health, Donorkind Foundation, The Hague, fertility law, fertility fraud, Professor Jody Madeira, law professor, Andrew Nagel, New York, Israel, Israeli Ministry of Health, New Zealand, Kyle Gordy, California, Jacoba Ballard, Netflix, nongenetic, nongenetically related child, nongenetically related parent, nongenetic parent, nongenetic parents, nongenetic intended parent, Netflix documentary, non-genetically related parents, genetic, genetics, genetic relation, genetic discrimination, Our Father, Our Father documentary, Our Father Documentary, Eve Wiley, Donald Cline, doctor donor, donor conceived, donor gametes, LGBTQ, LGBTQ+, LGBTQIA, LGBTQIA+
Is IVG The Answer To LGBTQ+ Parentage Legal Problems? Above The LawJanelle DoddApril 19, 2023BrightFuturesFamilies, bright futures families, Bright Futures Families, assisted reproduction podcasts, assisted reproductive technology, Assisted Reproductive Technology, ART, medical technology, infertility, fertility, in vitro fertilization, in vitro gametogenesis, IVF, IVG, gamete, gametes, donor gametes, donor gamete, Dr. Kathryn Go, I Want to Put a Baby in You, I Want to Put a Baby in You podcast, attorney, attorneys, parentage, sperm, donor sperm, egg, donor egg, embryo, donor embryo, Sperm, genetic, genetics, genetic relation, nongenetic, nongenetic parent, nongenetic parents, nongenetic intended parent, nongenetically related parent, nongenetically related child, law professor, Naomi Cahn, University of Virginia School of Law, LGBTQ+, LGBTQ, lgbt, lgbtq, LGBTQIA, LGBTQIA+
Jaw-Dropping Lawsuit Filed Against Dutch Serial Sperm Donor Above The LawJanelle DoddApril 6, 2023BrightFuturesFamilies, bright futures families, Bright Futures Families, assisted reproductive technology, Assisted Reproductive Technology, ART, infertility, fertility, fertility clinics, fertility doctors, fertility clinic, Fertility Clinics, fertility doctor, Fertility Doctor sperm donor, fertility lawsuit, fertility fraud, fertility law, fertilitylaw, attorney, lawsuit, sperm, Sperm, SpermDonor, spermdonor, sperm donor, sperm kings, sperm king, sperm bank, Sperm Bank, donor, donors, anonymous donors, donor-doctor, donor identity, donor-conceived, donor conceived, donoranonymity, donor anonymity, donor criteria, donor eligibility, donor eligibility criteria, donor sperm, donor gametes, sperm donors, sperm donation, anonymous sperm donation, mass donor, mass donation, mass sperm donation, mass sperm donor, Jonathan Jacob Meijer, genetic, genetics, genetic relation, full sibling, full siblings, incest, inbreeding, Dutch, Dutch Ministry of Health, One Wish, Jody Madeira, Professor Jody Madeira
Another Court Sends Shock Waves By Denying Parental Rights To Lesbian Mom Above The LawJanelle DoddMarch 24, 2023bright futures families, Bright Futures Families, BrightFuturesFamilies, assisted reproductive technology, Assisted Reproductive Technology, ART, infertility, fertility, attorney, sperm, donor sperm, donor conceived, donor conceived child, donor conceived person, genetic, genetics, genetic relation, nongenetic parent, non-genetically related parents, nongenetic parents, nongenetic intended parent, Pennsylvania, Superior Court of Pennsylvania, LGBTQ, LGBTQ+, LGBTQIA, LGBTQIA+, Nicole Junior, Chanel Glover, in vitro fertilization, second-parent adoption, second parent, second parent adoption, family law, family law attorney, Helen Casale, genetic discrimination, LGBTQ+ discrimination, adoption, surrogacy, prebirth order, pre-birth order, prebirthorders, prebirth orders, prebirth parentage order, pre-birth parentage order, PBO
A Connecticut Court Just Dismissed A Case Against A Doctor Who Secretly Inseminated His Patients With His Own Sperm Above The LawJanelle DoddMarch 9, 2023BrightFuturesFamilies, bright futures families, Bright Futures Families, assisted reproductive technology, Assisted Reproductive Technology, ART, infertility, fertility, fertility doctor, attorney, sperm, Sperm, SpermDonor, spermdonor, sperm donor, sperm mixup, spermswap, sperm swap, sperm donation, doctor, donor-doctor, documentary, Netflix documentary, fertility doctors, doctor-deceptive conception, donor, donor conceived, donor conceived child, donor conceived person, Connecticut, Connecticut Judicial District of Hartford, fertility fraud, fertility fraud legislation, federal fertility fraud law, verdict, DNA, DNA Kit, DNA tests, DNA Tests, DNA test, home DNA kit, home DNA test, genetic, fertility lawsuit, fertilitylaw, fertility law, wrongful life, Indiana University Bloomington, indiana, Indiana University Bloomington Maurer School of Law, Professor Jody Madeira, Jody Madeira, law professor, Netflix, Our Father, Our Father documentary, Our Father Documentary, Donald Cline, Ontario Superior Court, vermont, Vermont, Colorado, fertility fraud bill, federal bill, federal law, federal fertility fraud bill, Eve Wiley, Protecting Families from Fertility Fraud Act
Oklahoma Court Grants Parental Rights To Sperm Donor; Removes Second Mom From Birth Certificate Above The LawJanelle DoddFebruary 23, 2023BrightFuturesFamilies, bright futures families, Bright Futures Families, assisted reproductive technology, Assisted Reproductive Technology, ART, infertility, fertility, attorney, sperm, Sperm, SpermDonor, spermdonor, sperm donor, sperm donation, sperm donation contract, anonymous sperm donation, anonymous donors, anonymous, anonymous donor, anonymous sperm donor, anonymous gamete donation, anonymous donation, anonymity, donoranonymity, donor anonymity, donor, gamete donation, donor gamete, donor gametes, gametes, gamete, known sperm donor agreement, same-sex parents, second parent, second-parent adoption, adoption, adoption law, adoption laws, Parent, parentage, parenthood, parent, parent names on birth certificate, sperm donor parental rights, parental rights, legal parent, legal parents, Rebekah Wilson, Kris Williams, Uniform Parentage Act, Noel Tucker, Oklahoma, State of Oklahoma, Idaho, Idaho Supreme Court, Colorado, Connecting Rainbows, Genavieve Jaffe, Gena Jaffe, US Donor Conceived Council, sexual orientation discrimination, LGBTQ, lgbt, LGBTQ+, lgbtq, lgbt parenting, lgbtq family building, LGBTQIA, LGBTQIA+, family law, family, Family Law, family court, genetic, genetics, genetic relation, non-genetically related parents, nongenetic parent
Nightmare Ruling For Non-Genetically Related Israeli Parents By Surrogacy Above The LawJanelle DoddFebruary 9, 2023BrightFuturesFamilies, bright futures families, Bright Futures Families, assisted reproductive technology, Assisted Reproductive Technology, art attorney, ART Law, ART law, ART, infertility, fertility, attorneys, attorney, Israeli surrogacy, Israel Supreme Court, Israel, Israeli, Israeli citizen, Israeli citizens, parent, parenthood, parentage, Parent, parents, parental rights, legal parent, legal parents, adopt, second-parent adoption, adoption, adoption law, adoption laws, family court, family law, Israeli family court, Israeli Supreme Court, Supreme Court, birth certificate, parent names on birth certificate, genetic, genetics, genetic relation, non-genetically related parents, Victoria Gelfand, surrogacy attorney, surrogacy attorneys
The Respect For Marriage Act Is Remarkable, But Not Enough For LGBTQ+ Parents Above The LawJanelle DoddDecember 15, 2022BrightFuturesFamilies, bright futures families, Bright Futures Families, assisted reproductive technology, Assisted Reproductive Technology, ART, infertility, fertility, agency, surrogacy agency, attorney, LGBTQ, lgbt, LGBTQ+, lgbtq, lgbt parenting, lgbtq family building, LGBTQ families and surrogacy, lgbtq families and surrogacy, Dobbs, Roe v. Wade, Obergefell v. Hodges, Supreme Court, United States Supreme Court, U.S. Supreme Court, Constitution, Justice Clarence Thomas, Justice Thomas, same-sex, same-sex parents, same sex surrogacy, same-sex marriage, same-sex couple, Congress, Respect for Marriage Act, Defense of Marriage Act, Windsor, marriage, Diane Hinson, Deborah Wald, parentage, surrogacy, surrogate
Should 'Social Surrogacy' Be Permitted? Above The LawJanelle DoddNovember 17, 2022BrightFuturesFamilies, bright futures families, Bright Futures Families, assisted reproductive technology, Assisted Reproductive Technology, ART, infertility, fertility, agency, surrogacy agency, attorney, attorneys, LGBTQ, LGBTQ+, lgbtq, social surrogacy, choice, surrogacy, surrogate, surrogates, Gestational Surrogate, gestational surrogate, GestationalCarrier, Gestational carrier, gestational carrier, Gestational Carrier, Gestational Surrogacy, Surrogate, SEEDS, Society for Ethics in Egg Donation and Surrogacy, donation, egg, egg donation, sperm, sperm donation, embryo, embryo donation, eggs, embryos, SEEDS Standards Committee, Creative Family Connections, Diane Hinson, intended parent, Intended parents, intended parents, Intended Parents, agency screening, ASRM, American Society for Reproductive Medicine, reproductive endocrinologist, reproductive endocrinologists, fertility doctor, fertility doctors, Pregnancy, pregnancy, reproductive freedom, reproductive choice, Ashley Old, surrogate choice, embryo transfer, Utah, California, Washington, Colorado, new jersey, New York, State statute, State statutes, state statute, state statutes
Ask Jenn! How are we supported through the agency? Ask an expert!Patricia NelsonOctober 28, 2019Bright Futures Families, SisterAgency, gestational surrogacy
