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A Santa Cruz court is slated to hear a custody dispute between two women who are former partners - in which the biological mother has become romantically involved with the sperm donor father of her 10-month-old twins.
Kim T. Smith of Santa Cruz has sued for joint custody of the twins, saying she and former partner Maggie Quale agreed to raise the boys together.
Lesbian lawmaker - Rep. Christine Johnson - announced she's a surrogate, carrying a baby for two male friends who happen to be gay.
The Salt Lake City Democrat says she decided to become artificially impregnated with one of the men's sperm after they expressed frustration over the difficulty of adopting a child in Utah. Utah law prohibits unmarried couples from adopting and does not recognize gay marriage.
Change.org reports on the first ever national survey of artificial reproductive technology [ART] kids.
Over 200 lesbian parents and their offspring have completed an online survey - conducted by Children of Lesbians and Gays Everywhere [COLAGE], which asks about donor relationship, talking to offspring about their donor, and situations in which authorities are unaware and/or unaccommodating to lesbian and gay families.
Kristie Vowels and Tracy Scourfield had been a couple for more than four years and had gone through counseling to help them decide whether to have a child together. Scourfield gave birth to their daughter, conceived through IVF, on May 21, 2004.
A little more than a year later, the two women broke up and Scourfield and the little girl moved out of Vowels’ home - although Vowels’ continued to help support the child financially. The women agreed to and operated on a visitation schedule very similar to what is considered “standard visitation” in a heterosexual custody case.
Our friends at Erickson Law post a response to a Washington Times interview with Dr. Kirk M. Maxey - chairman of the board of directors for the Donor Sibling Registry [DSR].
The Dr. believes that the recently reported case of the sperm donor who helped create 24 children - nine of whom became sick with an inherited heart condition - is just one reason for reform.
Erickson Law agrees, but with caveats:
'Peer Advice on Working with Surrogacy Agencies'
The Facebook group called Men Having Babies / Planning Biological Parenthood offers a guide called 'Peer Advice on Working with Surrogacy Agencies'.
The information includes appropriate expectations prospective parents should have regarding the role of surrogacy agencies.
The NYC Gathering is sponsoring a workshop for parents and parents-to-be who are seeking the tools to talk with children about family origins.
Hear from professionals, parents and children who will bring to life the disclosure process and provide guidance on how to create meaningful family stories.
Participants will learn how to:
The Oceanside, CA lesbian whose doctors denied her infertility treatment based on her sexual orientation has reached a settlement with her former physicians in her historic lawsuit against them.
British lesbians are being encouraged to travel to Spain - and come back either pregnant, married or both.
The offer comes from a fertility clinic and a GLBT travel agency, which have launched joint package tours to Spain because of the country's liberal laws.
British lesbians have been traveling to clinics in Spain for IVF treatment, which has become more difficult in Britain since sperm donors lost the right to remain anonymous in 2005.