Academy of Adoption & Assisted Reproduction Attorneys
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People often are shocked to learn that New York, known for its enlightened laws and world-class IVF clinics, has banned surrogacy for over thirty years. Beginning on February 15, 2021, surrogacy will be legalized in New York, with a historic new law, the Child Parent Security Act (CPSA), the nation’s most progressive assisted reproduction legislation. New York […]
Read MoreCanada: 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
Read MoreRevisiting 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 […]
Read MoreOn April 2, 2020, the New York Child-Parent Security Act (CPSA) passed the New York Legislature as part of Governor Cuomo’s year 2020 budget package – one of his top priorities. The CPSA is comprehensive, addressing and securing the legal relationship between children conceived through third party reproduction and their intended parents, and discards New […]
Read MoreIn its continuing mission to protect families formed through adoption and assisted reproduction, AAAA issued a press release today urging the Department of State to ease the restriction on the issuance of passports to allow parents to obtain this necessary document for their babies born through gestational surrogacy. To read the full press release, click […]
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