By Madeline Licker Feingold, Ph.D., AFA Mental Health Advisory Council Mental health professionals often are in the position of helping people build families with the help of egg or sperm donors. At times we see people who have been trying to get pregnant on their own, sometimes for years, and ...

by Michael S. Goldstein, Esq., LCSW New York, New York it’s a hell of a town.  Well not just a town, but the entire state has been one of the strictest prohibitors of surrogacy since 1992.  Sections 121-124 of the New York Domestic Relations Law outlawed surrogate parenting by ...

  by Patricia Mendell, LCSW with Patricia Sarles, MA MLS The Library of Congress (LC) recently announced that they were adding a subject heading to their catalog entitled, “Children of sperm donors”.  What is the importance of this announcement? It is the first time there ...

     By Iris Waichler, L.C.S.W.                                      ...

This is a shout-out for opinons from everyone interested in third party reproduction on large sibling donor-conceived groups.

by Heather E. Ross, Esq. You may know well before your child is born how and when you plan to talk  about how he/she was conceived.  You may intend to wait until the child reaches a certain age, and may have specific ideas on what information to disclose and how to disclose ...

  by Iris Waichler, L.C.S.W.             A close friend and I were talking about something that affects many of us who have experienced infertility.  She has moved from infertility into adoption.  There have been some calls about babies ...

I'm a Sam Pang fan.  I first met Dr. Pang in Massachusetts when I went up to direct him in The AFA video, "Reproductive Options for Gay Women."  Since then, I have gotten to know Dr. Pang and continue to be impressed with his integrity, great caring for patients, and pr...

By Denise Seidelman, Esq.              Both adoption and collaborative reproduction (fertility options that involve third parties, such as gamete donors and gestational surrogates) provide the means to create or expand your family.  ...

by Andrea Braverman, Ph.D. When is enough, enough?  This question creeps in at different moments as you pursue infertility treatment.  Enough is a judgment that is weighed individually but has common thoughts and feelings.  For many, the point of Enough is reached when treatment ...