Ellen Trachman

In the last few months, one state tried -- but failed -- to reverse its ban on surrogacy 'brokers,' and another introduced new legislation to prohibit them.

The FDA is working to drop the discriminatory ban on sperm donation by gay men.

For decades, and across various partisan configurations of Michigan’s state government, the law has remained the same. But not anymore.

When you rush to do damage control, sometimes you also rush into unintended consequences.

The Alabama ruling is painful, and portends uncertainty.

The new rules in Denmark focus on two areas of surrogacy.

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This case has experienced a rocky road -- but one with a happy ending for parents using assisted reproduction, even without a genetic connection.

Once again, a friendly reminder about sending your clients to attorneys with specialized experience in assisted reproductive technology when entering such contracts.

One of the two did so more recently than you'd probably think.

In the end, no amount of name acrobatics could save Omega from a disastrous bankruptcy.

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When things go wrong with surrogacy, they can go really wrong.

Many families looking for legal recognition of more than two parents do not involve polyamory.

If you undergo IVF and then a divorce, it’s anyone’s guess what will happen to your embryos.

As far as surrogacy scandals go, the latest one out of Greece looks like a chart topper. 

An insurance lien can be one of the most expensive parts of a surrogacy journey, which can leave the path out of financial reach for many.

In the past few decades, courts across the world, including many in the United States, have struggled with these types of claims.

More customization and filling in of specific preferences by fertility clinic patients will likely be for the best.

Will cases of individuals using many surrogates at once to have a large number of children ruin surrogacy for everyone else?