The growing pressure on companies to provide health insurance coverage for assisted reproduction is working. As of 2020, 42% of companies with 200,000 or more employees, covered in vitro fertilization compared to 36% in 2015. And 19%…
A same sex married female couple, Kylee and Linsay, sign an online sperm donor contract with a friend for use of his sperm attempting to relieve him of any responsibility for any children so conceived. The couple…
The major obstetric organizations strongly recommend that pregnant women get COVID 19 vaccinations. Their recommendation is based upon safety testing of vaccination before, during, and after pregnancy as well as the mounting evidence that COVID 19 infections…
On July 22, 2021, the Massachusetts Appeals Court decided custody of a nearly 3 year old boy born in a pseudo surrogacy arranged on Facebook without benefit of lawyers or doctors, contracts or assisted reproduction. Massachusetts has…
Some gestational carriers may be interested in a compensated breast milk donation program offered by Prolacta Bioscience. The company provides donated breast milk to neonatal intensive care units worldwide. Breast milk reduces the risk of a number…
Some international intended parents will travel more easily to the U.S. to take custody babies birthed by gestational carriers, because the U.S. is lifting the Covid Travel entry bans as of November 2021. However, this change only…