Wednesday May 27th, 2020
When parents decide to start or grow their families through surrogacy, they usually want to be present at their child’s birth and take the child […]
Saturday March 7th, 2020
In a ruling that serves to illustrate changing attitudes about what constitutes a family, Israel’s Supreme Court issued a unanimous decision recently stating that some […]
Saturday February 15th, 2020
Saturday February 15th, 2020
As surrogacy grows in acceptance throughout the U.S. and around the globe, more and more individuals and families are beginning to recognize that there isn’t […]
Monday December 23rd, 2019
Monday December 23rd, 2019
Earlier this year, we shared some disturbing news about a surrogacy agency based in Maryland and Florida. Intended parents and surrogates alike claimed that The […]
Tuesday October 15th, 2019
Tuesday October 15th, 2019
In France, one of several countries in which surrogacy arrangements are illegal, intended parents do not enjoy automatic recognition as their child’s parents. In fact, […]
Wednesday September 25th, 2019
Wednesday September 25th, 2019
A battle over the U.S. State Department’s denial of citizenship rights to a baby born to two U.S. citizens is brewing. A same-sex married couple […]
Monday August 12th, 2019
Same-sex couples in Utah are celebrating a recent Utah Supreme Court decision which overturned an outdated state law governing surrogacy. That law prohibited same-sex couples […]
Friday August 9th, 2019
When a same-sex American couple recently brought their baby girl, Simone, home for the first time, they did so using a tourist visa for her […]
Friday July 12th, 2019
A new law in Virginia, signed by Governor Ralph Northam last month, should make it easier for same-sex male couples and single people to become […]
Monday May 13th, 2019
If you are considering using a gestational carrier or surrogate to help you start or grow your family and want to use an agency, it […]
Thursday March 14th, 2019
Thursday March 14th, 2019
Last year, we shared the struggle some Spanish families were having trying to get their children born through surrogacy in the Ukraine out of the […]
Tuesday March 12th, 2019
In 2015, Jay Timmons and Rick Olson, a same-sex couple from Virginia, used a donor embryo from a friend and a gestational carrier in Wisconsin […]
Tuesday February 26th, 2019
Tuesday February 26th, 2019
International surrogacy is becoming increasingly popular for couples from Ireland, where surrogacy isn’t currently regulated. While the country’s legislature is evaluating a new law governing […]
Tuesday January 15th, 2019
Tuesday January 15th, 2019
New York residents who want to begin or expand their families through surrogacy may soon be able to legally enter into paid surrogacy agreements, thanks […]
Saturday January 5th, 2019
Saturday January 5th, 2019
In Singapore, surrogacy arrangements, same-sex marriage, and gay sex are all illegal. Against the odds, Singapore’s High Court recently awarded a gay man in Singapore […]
Monday November 5th, 2018
Monday November 5th, 2018
For gay and lesbian individuals and couples in decades past, it was difficult to fulfill dreams of becoming parents and building a family. Domestic adoption […]