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At the outset of your IVF journey your clinic will present you with a packet of forms to complete before undergoing treatment.  These forms will ask you to authorize medical procedures, acknowledge risks, agree to terms of storage and out-of-pocket costs, and make designations about the disposition of your reproductive material in the event certain […]

Moving embryos to a new fertility clinic—or across state or international borders—is not simply a medical or logistical decision. Before your embryos leave their current storage facility, it is important to understand who has ownership and dispositional control of the embryos, what consent forms and storage clinic forms provide, and whether the laws of the […]

Legal Advice During Embryo Creation is Essential Deciding to start or grow your family is an exciting and hopeful time.  If you are growing your family through assisted reproduction you have a lot to think about before you move forward with fertility treatment.  Most people who want to have a child hope to move forward […]

The Biggest Stories Shaping Reproductive Medicine in 2026 As provided by Janene Oleaga, Esq. family formation attorney and reproductive rights advocate. The fertility industry is experiencing one of its most transformative periods in decades.  Scientific advances, shifting legal landscapes, insurance coverage expansion, artificial intelligence, and cross-border third party family building are reshaping reproductive medicine at […]

What Should LGBTQ Intended Parents Consider When Matching with a Gestational Surrogate? Finding the right gestational surrogate is about much more than medical qualifications (though those are important too!). For LGBTQ intended parents, the matching process should include thoughtful conversations about shared values, communication styles, and expectations throughout the pregnancy and birth of the child. […]

By Janna Cunningham I came out when I was 18 years old as a freshman in college. I had fallen in love with a soccer teammate and wholeheartedly dove into the beautiful world of being gay. I put rainbow stickers on my car, went to gay bars, and celebrated Pride events in whatever city I […]

What Is a Family Formation Attorney? For many people, starting a family is straightforward.  For others—including LGBTQ+ individuals and couples, intended parents pursuing assisted reproduction, single parents by choice, and those building families through adoption—the legal path to parenthood can be complex. When a couple or individual requires donor gametes, or the assistance of a […]

2026 Policy Impact on LGBTQ+ Patients’ Lives It’s no secret that the current political climate is impacting LGBTQ+ individuals in adverse ways, particularly when it comes to accessing reproductive care and family planning.  Recent political and legislative shifts under a second Trump presidency have contributed to a fragmented and often hostile landscape for LGBTQ+ individuals […]

As a New York fertility lawyer that serves the LGBTQ+ community through my private practice and advocacy efforts, I receive phone calls and emails all the time from concerned clients asking me how to best protect themselves and their families.  And their concerns are not unfounded.  News reports of states stripping rights to bodily autonomy […]

IVF by the Numbers: What the 2024 SART Report Reveals and Why It Matters Legally and Practically The 2024 Clinic Summary Report published by the Society for Assisted Reproductive Technology (SART) provides one of the most comprehensive datasets available on in vitro fertilization (IVF), egg freezing, and related fertility treatments.  For patients, intended parents, and […]