by Philip Werthman, M.D. Chromosomes. They're the thread-like structures found inside the cells of living organisms. The pigeon has 80 chromosomes. A pineapple has 50. But among the factors that make us uniquely human, is the presence of 46 chromosomes. As the cement in the foundation of our ...

by Andrew Vorzimer, Esq. and David Randall, Esq. Late last year, in reaction to recent incendiary industry scandals and calls to modernize California statutes relating to third party reproduction, Governor Jerry Brown signed California Assembly Bill 1217, which became operative January 1, 2013, ...

By Davina Fankhauser More than a year ago, Dr. Paul Turek of The Turek Clinic, which specializes in men’s reproductive and sexual health, approached Fertility Within Reach, a nonprofit patient-advocacy resource, to see if we could partner on development of a program to help save the ...

  Join The American Fertility Association and Brooklyn Community Pride Center for a free Family Planning Panel and Discussion     On Thursday evening, January 31st, The American Fertility Association and Brooklyn ...

            It is a new year and we enter it with wishes, resolutions, and expectations about what we will encounter.  One of the toughest things you may have faced last year was a negative pregnancy test or perhaps a miscarriage. I remember taking my ...

The lawsuit by the state of Kansas against hapless sperm donor William Marotta of Topeka continues to make headlines. In case you unplugged during the holidays, here’s the back story: In 2009 Mr. Marotta responded to a Craig’s List ad soliciting a sperm donor to enable a lesbian ...

By Amanda Grant, President & C.E.O., USAdopt, L.L.C. Adopting a child always poses risks.  Adopting a child from another country poses risks that are often out of our control – whether it’s due to a change in economy, adoption ethics, natural disaster, or political ...

For men and women grappling with the pain of infertility, the start of the New Year may signal an optimistic, new beginning or conversely, serve as a painful reminder that their goal of parenthood has not been met. No matter which end of the spectrum you find yourself falling on, you are ...

  Up until now, an accepted alternative pathway for couples to build a family has been the adoption process. But with recent advances in reproductive medicine, building a family through embryo donation is something newer that has made some people nervous.  What is an embryo?  ...

            We all watched in horror as the news poured in from all available media portals revealing the terror that unfolded in the tiny town of Newtown, Connecticut. We learned that a madman had gone into an elementary school and taken the lives of young children ...