AFA

You are saying, duh, like someone needed to tell me that! I just read a wonderful post by Brenda Strong on the American Fertility Association website that is worth a read on living in the present. Happy Holidays!

http://theafa.typepad.com/theafablog/2010/12/the-gift-of-the-present-mom...

Today, in lieu of a standard Friday Legal Update, I decided that today was a good day to honor the following non-profits that work tirelessly on our behalf and behalf of our clients.

The American Fertility Association - Thank you for all of your hard work educating Don't forget Illuminations in New York next month. Tickets still available!

www.theafa.org

http://www.theafa.org/community/event/illuminations_nyc

Resolve - Thank you for all of your hard work in the insurance arena!

www.resolve.org

IVF - Dr. Edwards, the British physiologist whose work led to the first "test-tube baby," won the 2010 Nobel prize for medicine or physiology, the prize-awarding institute said on Monday. It is an honor to see him being noticed by the committee for his contributions to so many families. As a board member of the American Fertility Association, which awarded him at our 2002 Kokopelli Ball with the first Robert Edwards Scientific Award, I am pleased to see that others are also beginning to notice.

Surrogacy & LGBT Issues - Great article posted today written by the AFA's own Ken Mosesian. In fact, it was posted on David Mixner's site, Live from Hell's Kitchen. In fact, David Mixner was once named the most powerful gay man in America by Newsweek, and his credits are extraordinary, as his site shows. With Prop 8 weighing heavy on our minds these days, it is important to remember how the lack of laws are affecting the children of LBGT couples - more to come on that next week.

http://www.theafa.org/

http://www.davidmixner.com/

Great article from the AFA on egg donation:

The Road to Parenthood Isn’t Always Straight -

http://www.theafa.org/

LOS ANGELES, April 2, 2010 — The American Fertility Association (The AFA), a national non-profit organization, knows the road to parenthood isn’t always straight. To further the work of educating and supporting all men and women desiring to create their families – including hopeful gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) persons, the AFA will hold its 9th annual Illuminations Los Angeles fundraising event on April 9th at the Sunset Tower Hotel, the Art Deco masterpiece on Sunset Boulevard.

Egg Donation and the AFA - the AFA has posted a great article by Dr. Piave Pitisci Lake, who writes as follows regarding utilizing egg donation in creating your family:

http://www.theafa.org/library/article/what_to_expect_when_expectinga_don...