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In vitro fertilization (IVF) is a well-established medical treatment that has helped millions of individuals and couples build their families.  It begins with eggs being retrieved from the ovaries from an intended parent or an egg donor and then fertilized with sperm in a laboratory dish.  The fertilized eggs that develop into viable embryos are […]

Most fertility patients see the stack of IVF Clinic consent and disposition forms as just another hurdle standing between them and their long-awaited baby.  These forms are often completed quickly with hurried checkmarks and little reflection on questions such as “who will control the embryos in the event of divorce?”  Instead, fertility patients are far […]

For years, compensated surrogacy was illegal in New York. That changed in February 2021 when the Child Parent Security Act took effect. Before this legislation, families who wanted to pursue paid surrogacy arrangements had no legal protection in the state. Many were forced to look elsewhere. The law didn’t just change the rules. It opened […]

A pre-birth order is a court judgment declaring your legal parentage issued before your baby arrives. It establishes you and your partner as the legal parents of your child, not your surrogate who will carry and birth your child, and not any donors who may have provided gametes to assist you in building your family.  […]

2025 marked a pivotal period for reproductive rights and access to fertility care, defined by legislative changes, heightened political attention, and growing public engagement in the United States and beyond. From landmark surrogacy and parentage reforms to renewed debates about personhood and insurance coverage for fertility treatment, developments throughout the globe continue to reshape the […]

The “Matter of Baby D.K.N.” case has set a new precedent for families built through assisted reproduction in New York and beyond. Decided in September of 2025 by Judge Caroline Piela Cohen of the Supreme Court of Kings County, NY, this case of first impression follows three parents that conceived a child through assisted reproductive […]

Busting the Top 5 Myths About Egg Donation For many hopeful parents, the path to parenthood includes the assistance of an egg donor. Egg donation (also called oocyte donation) is a process during which a donor provides eggs to another couple or individual for the purpose of conceiving a child or multiple children. The donor […]

It’s been 3 years since SCOTUS issued the Dobbs opinion overturning Roe v. Wade and ending the constitutional right to abortion that had been the standard in America for 50 years.What have we seen since the fall of Roe? What is to come in an America without a constitutional right to access abortion?3 Years by […]

Surrogates know better than anyone how to pack and ship breast milk. If you are a surrogate who wants to provide breast milk for the benefit of your surrobabe, or if you are an intended parent curious about the process for storing and shipping breastmilk, here’s a short guide provided by a two-time Oleaga Law […]

A fertility lawyer is a legal professional who specializes in reproductive law, assisting individuals and couples with the legal aspects of building families through assisted reproductive technologies including IVF.Common Areas of Fertility Law: Surrogacy Agreements Drafting and reviewing contracts between intended parents and gestational carriers or gestational surrogates. Drafting and reviewing contracts between intended parents and […]