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The following update comes from Passport/Visa Advisors: Passport/Visa Advisors October 16, 2020 Update  

Canada: families sue sperm bank https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/families-sue-sperm-bank-1.5742372 Another update on the criminal case against The Surrogacy Group founder and CEO https://foxbaltimore.com/news/local/florida-man-pleads-guilty-to-taking-money-from-possible-parents-in-surrogacy-scheme

Revisiting the Xytex Sperm Donor Debacle https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2020/09/sperm-donor-identity-mental-health/616081/ Update:  Mother’s Plea to Use Transgender Daughter’s Sperm After Her Death https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/transgender-girls-sperm-to-be-stored-77kqmc3xr Carrier Screening for Gamete Donors https://www.bionews.org.uk/page_151868 Long-Running Embryo Battle: Sofia Vigara and Nick Loeb’s Embryos https://www.wonderwall.com/news/court-sides-with-sofia-vergara-in-long-running-embryo-battle-with-ex-383172.article Ireland: Denial of Passport for Child Born Through Surrogacy To Be Heard by High Court https://www.bionews.org.uk/page_151846 Texas and California:  Fertility […]

Rhode Island parentage bill goes to vote today Years in the making, R.I. parentage bills up for votes Thursday Canada: perspective on sperm donation Two Moms Open Up About The ‘Weird Secret Society’ Of Sperm Donation Ireland:  inequities in laws regarding parentage for same sex couples Stateless children and parents who are legal ‘strangers’: the […]

Long embryo storage appears to decrease pregnancy success rate Odds of Pregnancy Decrease With Prolonged Embryo Storage Study: Shorter Storage of Frozen Embryos Tied to Pregnancy Success Switzerland: Swiss access international surrogacy in greater numbers than previously believed  Survey shows surprising number of surrogate babies CRISPR CRISPR gene editing produces unwanted DNA deletions CRISPR Gene […]