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Erickson Law — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 09:59:49 -0800

Surrogacy, Surrogacy and more Surrogacy on this Happy Friday Morning! Too bad it is gloomy outside here in Southern California, but it could always be worse. Welcome to today's updates. Have an awesome weekend!

New York - Greenwich doctor uses wrong sperm to produce twins for one of his patients - oh, and it is his sperm!

"Hundreds of women have trusted him with their bodies, and their dreams of motherhood. Many depend on him as their doctor today.

Australian bill to ban same-sex couples from accessing surrogacy

Jeff — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 09:44:18 -0800

Opposition deputy leader Lawrence Springborg [pictured] has attempted to derail the Government's stance on surrogacy, as it relates to gay couples. He's introduced a bill to ban same-sex couples and single mothers from accessing surrogacy.

Connecticut Fertility Doctor Inseminates Patient With His Own Sperm

vgm8383 — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 09:28:19 -0800

http://www.eggdonor.com/blog/2009/11/13/connecticut-fertility-doctor-ins...

Taking the God Complex to an entirely new level, Dr. Ben Ramaley was sued for allegedly using his own sperm instead of his patient's husband's during an artificial insemination procedure that resulted in the birth of twin girls. According to an investigation by the Greenwich Time newspaper:

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Doctor blames profit motive for sperm-donor diseases - The Washington Times 11/13/09

Donor Conceived — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 05:27:54 -0800

The Washington Times
Friday, November 13, 2009
Doctor blames profit motive for sperm-donor diseases

http://tinyurl. com/y9mb82n

"The Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) recently highlighted the case of a sperm donor who had 24 children, nine of whom became sick with an inherited heart condition. One child, 2, died.

100 Pregnancies in 100 Weeks

baby2mom — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 23:23:21 -0800

100 pregnancies in just over 100 weeks! The establishment of an egg donation surrogacy program in South Africa has achieved significant results in successful egg donation and successful surrogacy pregnancies.

The egg donation agency grew from a small egg donor agency - tending to donor egg requirements for recipients from a database to a fully fledged egg donor program offering access to egg donor profiles and surrogate profiles facilitating quality egg donation surrogacy treatments.

Big news from Lindsay at Confessions of a Cryo-Kid: "Find half-siblings through NEW DNA database"

Donor Conceived — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 14:05:36 -0800

The internet certainly IS reshaping assisted reproduction as this news release states: (http://www1.umn.edu/news/news-releases/2009/UR_CONTENT_147716.htmlBraver...)

Surrogacy In Australia: Gays & Singles Not Welcome

vgm8383 — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 11:30:06 -0800

http://www.eggdonor.com/blog/2009/11/11/surrogacy-in-a…es-not-welcome/

The Australian government offered a bill that would have decriminalized surrogacy in Queensland. However, at the eleventh hour, the opposition party, LNP, introduced their own bill which would deny access to surrogates for single individuals and same-sex couples. According to the Courier Mail:

German Twins Born To Indian Surrogate Obtain Indian Citizenship

vgm8383 — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 16:52:18 -0800

http://www.eggdonor.com/blog/2009/11/11/german-twins-born-to-indian-surr...

According to The Times of India:

"AHMEDABAD: Over a year after they were born, twins born to a German couple through a surrogate mother in Anand have got Indian citizenship.

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Male Infertility & A New Option for Young Boys with Cancer Diagnosis

Erickson Law — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 11:06:44 -0800

With the American Fertility Association focusing on the often overlooked side of male infertility (www.theafa.org), today's news from www.Zikkir.com is providing great hope for those who are too young to produce sperm.

"For parents of children with cancer, the hopeful news is that pediatric survival rates have steadily improved for decades. Among the bad news — treatments that enable survival often cause infertility.

'Lesbian and Gay Parents and Their Children'

Jeff — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 12:14:05 -0800

Until recently there has been relatively little research that combats or supports the argument that same-sex couples can be fit parents. But a recent New York Times article examines newly published data, proving that gay parents provide the same quality of upbringing as their straight counterparts.