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Friday Legal Updates™- France, Germany, & India Surrogacy

Submitted by Erickson Law on Fri, 03/19/2010 - 2:16pm
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Surrogacy – Hello and happy Friday to all. Well, the cases that just keep on going are moving in some direction finally.

In France, the French couple who has been fighting the government for almost 8 years wins legal recognition of their children, although the children are still not recognized as French nationals.

“Partial victory in surrogacy battle - A FRENCH couple whose twin daughters were born to a surrogate mother in the US have won part of their long-running battle to be legally recognised as their parents.

Donor bill would help prevent exploitation

Submitted by Donor Conceived on Wed, 03/17/2010 - 3:00pm
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http://newsok.com/article/3446977

Donor bill would help prevent exploitation
POINT OF VIEW Egg donation measure
BY JENNIFER LAHL, DAVID PRENTICE AND MIKE JESTES | Oklahoman
Published: March 17, 2010

IVF doctors to raffle human egg - Times Online 3/14/10

Submitted by Donor Conceived on Mon, 03/15/2010 - 8:50am
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(My note: How low can we go?)

IVF doctors to raffle human egg
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/health/article7061155.ece
(March 14/10. The Times)

"A fertility clinic is raffling a human egg in London to promote its new ³baby profiling² service, which circumvents British IVFlaws. The winner will be able to pick the egg donor by racial background, upbringing and education. Payment for profit is illegal in Britain, but the £13,000 [US $20,000] of free IVF treatment will be provided in America."

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Baby By Stealth: Reproduction law forcing ‘dangerous alternatives’ - National Post 3/12/10

Submitted by Donor Conceived on Fri, 03/12/2010 - 11:54pm
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(My note: I'm not sure what is being advocated for in this article. Are they suggesting that repro-tech in Canada should be as unregulated as it is in the United States for fear of "underground/blackmarket" baby making (regulating repro-tech does not raise the same concerns as back alley wire hanger abortions). I can't believe the fear of a few desperate individuals (no one has an absolute right to a child under any circumstances) justifies a wild west unregulated repro-industry approach. I'm not in agreement on this one.)

http://www.nationalpost.com/story.html?id=2677573

Fertility Law - The importance of specialist legal advice

Submitted by prideangel.com on Thu, 03/11/2010 - 5:40am
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If you are thinking about or undergoing fertility treatment or assisted reproduction you will no doubt spend time and energy thinking about a range of factors including success rates, clinics, cost, treatment options, egg and sperm donation, timescales and process. However, will you stop and think about the importance of specialist fertility law advice? You wouldn’t buy a house, get divorced or make a Will without first obtaining legal advice. So why take any unnecessary risks when you are building your much wanted family?

"MP in donor details push" Canning Times: In my community - AU

Submitted by Donor Conceived on Wed, 03/10/2010 - 5:46pm
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http://canning.inmycommunity.com.au/news-and-views/local-news/MP-in-dono...

MP in donor details push
09/Mar/2010

"BEING asked to be a patron of a community group is part of a politician’s job, but for Swan MHR Steve Irons one request was close to his heart.

Mr Irons remembers all too well the disconnection from family he felt for many years being a ward of the state and fostered when three-and-a-half.

The Anonymous Sperm Donor No Longer - New Hampshire Public Radio 3/9/10

Submitted by Donor Conceived on Wed, 03/10/2010 - 11:35am
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As a person whose parents used an "anonymous sperm donor" to conceive me, I very much appreciated the respectful, sensitive way Wendy and Rachel interchanged the words "sperm donor" with "biological father".

New Hampshire Public Radio
Word of Mouth
Listen to (THIS EXCELLENT) radio broadcast here: http://www.nhpr.org/node/31464

The Anonymous Sperm Donor No Longer
By Abby Goldstein on Tuesday, March 9, 2010.

Top UK Fertility Law Specialist invited to 10 Downing St

Submitted by prideangel.com on Mon, 03/08/2010 - 8:36pm
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We are delighted to report that Natalie has been invited by the Prime Minister to a reception at 10 Downing Street to celebrate the contribution of leading lesbian and gay people to Britain.
Natalie Gamble is the leading UK specialist solicitor in fertility law providing advice to fertility patients, families in alternative structures and fertility organisations. Her experience covers international surrogacy and UK surrogacy, donor conception, co-parenting, embryo storage and testing, IVF, and gay and lesbian parenting.

Confessions of a Cryo-Kid: "The reality of reunion...and what the media doesn't tell you"

Submitted by Donor Conceived on Sat, 03/06/2010 - 11:45pm
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http://cryokidconfessions.blogspot.com/2010/03/reality-of-reunionand-wha...

Saturday, March 6, 2010
The reality of reunion...and what the media doesn't tell you

"Last week an article ran in Slate Magazine entitled "Are Sperm Donors Really Anonymous Anymore?" (never mind the gross number of factual errors throughout the entire article).

Donor Conception Support Group (DCSG) Inquiry into Donor Conception Practices

Submitted by Donor Conceived on Sat, 03/06/2010 - 11:01pm
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http://www.clan.org.au/dcsg/legislation/inquiry.html

National Consumer Advocacy

National Inquiry into Donor Conception Practices

This is the letter that we sent to all members of the Federal Parliament in August of 2009

The DCSG represents donor conception families throughout Australia . In June of this year members of our group met with Northern Territory Senator Trish Crossin and we discussed the following matters.

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