by Sara Clay | Blog
Three years ago Mr and Ms Lee fulfilled their dream of parenthood with the help of a surrogate mother. But like many Taiwanese couples in their position, they were forced to seek surrogacy abroad because the procedure is illegal at home. Read more… ...
by Sara Clay | Blog
Alan and Emily Feit tried four times to have a child through in vitro fertilization (IVF), an infertility treatment that can cost well over $10,000 per attempt. On the fifth try, however, they ended up with twins — and now they want to help others in similar...
by Sara Clay | Blog
Neil Patrick Harris and David Burkta became parents of twins in October. In case you were wondering whose sperm was used to inseminate the surrogate mother, here is your answer: “We inserted two eggs, one with my sperm, one with David’s sperm and they both took,” he...
by Sara Clay | Blog
FERTILITY medicine has come a long way since the birth in the UK of Louise Brown, the world’s first human “test-tube baby”, conceived via in-vitro fertilisation (IVF) on July 25 1978. In the intervening 35 years, about 5-million babies have been born...
by Sara Clay | Blog
MADISON, Wis.—Surrogacy agreements allowing for a woman to carry the child of another who is unable to get pregnant are valid contracts, the Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled Thursday, drawing praise from those who are working to make it easier for such deals to occur....
by Sara Clay | Blog
AUSTRALIA–A landmark court ruling has given two gay men legal parentage of their surrogate child. The two men, who cannot be named for legal reasons, were in a committed relationship for 12 years before having a child through an altruistic surrogacy arrangement...
