Tennessee Legislative Update: Commercial Surrogacy and a Pot of Gold
By D. Joy Riley, M.D., M.A. Executive Director
References to pots of gold usually occur in the month of March, and involve leprechauns and rainbows. This year, pots of gold figure in at least one set of companion bills (House Bill No. 1379 and Senate Bill No. 425) the Tennessee Legislature is transforming into law. Instead of leprechauns and rainbows, though, it is the fertility physicians/clinics and “third-party reproductive care for the benefit of the enrollee(s).” The pots of gold are to be provided by “insurance companies,” which means, of course, “the insured,” which would include all of us who pay insurance ...read more
FSBO (For Sale By Others) Babies
D. Joy Riley, M.D., M.A.
Executive Director
As the airline steward offered newspapers to passengers, the front page story about child-snatching and selling in China caught my eye (International Herald Tribune, 5 August 2011). In at least one mountainous region of China, parents have not been assured of keeping the children they birth. The Ministry of Public Security recently announced that 89 children had been rescued from child traffickers, but it is the local government that the populace of Longhui County fears. In that county, family planning officials reportedly seized at ...read more
Landmark ruling ends sperm and egg donor anonymity in B.C. — The Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/british-columbia/bc-court-strikes-down-anonymity-for-sperm-donors/article2028641/
Stateless twins live in limbo — The Times of India
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/Stateless-twins-live-in-limbo/articleshow/7407929.cms
I’m worried that my husband, who has donated sperm, may be traced by his biological offspring — The Telegraph
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/family/8118057/Im-worried-that-my-husband-who-has-donated-sperm-may-be-traced-by-his-biological-offspring..html
