January 27, 2009
An article by Cheryl Miller posted today at www.reason.com raised questions on how the information should be handled, by whom and how much. In Who’s Your Daddy? Cheryl discusses the plight of one young woman who has a rare stomach disorder. She is in her 20s when records were either destroyed or not kept at all. [...]
January 15, 2009
Marna Gatlin is without doubt a wonderful woman who generously gives her time for something she feels passionately about: egg donation. Because of her passion and devotion to the group she now runs, Parents Via Egg Donation, she was featured in today’s The Oregonian.
I met her this past fall in San Francisco at the American [...]
December 29, 2008
I recently posted about how patients are canceling their IVF appointments for surrogacy and egg donation in India because of the recent terrorist attacks in Mumbai, but apparently that has not stopped the booming industry in India. In fact, with many women and men getting laid off from their well paying jobs, more educated women [...]
December 17, 2008
Ken Mosesian, the executive director of the American Fertility Association and a practicing Catholic and an openly gay man in a committed relationship has commented about the Vatican’s Dignitas Personae, which was released on December 8, 2008, and is the Vatican’s newest “Instruction on Bioethics,” which includes IVF, surrogacy and egg donation.
While the Vatican [...]
December 16, 2008
The title of the article says it all: “Baby Dreams Take a Beating.” The recent terrorist attacks in Mumbai have dramatically affected the booming surrogacy business in India. All centers in the country have reported significant cancellations or postponements of the IVF procedures for international couples. Many countries have issued travel advisories, including the U.S. [...]
December 10, 2008
Extraordinary Conceptions has seen an increase in both Donors and Surrogates applying in the past few months too. It is not surprising, since the economy is not doing well and it is tougher for these women to find work. But, no matter what is going on financially, both Donors and Surrogates still have to qualify [...]
October 6, 2008
The following post is written by a former Intended Parent who is now a very busy mother a four, including triplets
What an amazing journey we have been on!!! When I was told I had ovarian cancer, I truly never thought we would have any more children. Once I was cancer free and far [...]
September 16, 2008
Newsweek has printed another article on infertility and this time focusing on women in developing countries and what it means for them and their families to be childless. While it is extremely difficult to go through infertility in the U.S., in some cases these women are completely shut off from society, with no one to [...]