By Susan D. Orban
On March 21, 2014, the U.S. State Department released their international adoption statistics from 2013. It was not a surprise to anyone that the numbers have continued to decrease, with little over 7,000 adoptions …
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Surrogacy in India
By Stephen Page
Surrogacy in India is now only available to those who have been married for a minimum of 2 years.
Therefore those married for less than that time, or living together as a couple, same sex couples or single intended …
The Laws They Are A-Changing…How Can You Protect Yourself?
The news concerning third party reproductive arrangements has been alarming these past few months. Dozens of Israeli same sex couples were stuck in Thailand with their babies born through gestational surrogacy, due to a Thai law holding …
Laura Linney and my own stupid musings
Recent headlines about Laura Linney giving birth at age 49 have sent my mind swirling, yet again, to a very distant time.
I grew up in a 1950’s household consisting of two parents, two grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins, all in one …
Inadvertent Fatherhood: Strict Liability for Sperm and the Consequences of (Un)planned Parenthood
by Andrew Vorzimer, Esq. & Corlandos Scott, Esq.
The picture of the unintentional father has evolved from that of the hormonal teen who spent a fateful, bliss filled night in the back seat of his father’s car, perched above the …
Gay Women’s Gathering Comes Back to Brooklyn
by Corey Whelan
I am a Brooklyn girl. Just ask my accent! But seriously, very little in life touches me more than working with the mostly young, unanimously optimistic and vibrantly life-loving lesbian community of my own borough. They bring …
Growing your family: LGBTQ Options
by Michelle Ottey, PhD, HCLD
On Saturday, February 22, 2014 The American Fertility Association and Fairfax Cryobank will co-sponsor a family building seminar for LGBTQ families in the Greater Philadelphia area. The seminar will be …
Mother-Daughter Dynamics During Infertility
by S. Fenella Das Gupta, Ph.D., Neuroscience
Daughters often need their mothers when struggling with infertility and while many daughters are able to turn to their parent for support, others are not. In fact, the complexities of mother- …
Grab the wheel and drive! 10 ways to take control of your adoption process
By Amanda Grant
It’s yours to control – don’t let anyone tell you otherwise
One of the most significant misperceptions about adoption is that it is a process over which you have no control. People considering adoption …
Infertility Treatment and the Law
by Iris Waichler, L.C.S.W.
In the past month, I have read about 2 cases where couples who had undergone infertility treatment ended up in court, contesting who had custody of the …