Few things are as devastating as discovering you and your partner cannot have a child through traditional pregnancy. But surrogacy presents an attractive option for many people by growing their family through assisted reproductive technology (ART). Like traditional...
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Altruistic vs. compensated surrogacy
On Behalf of Steven H. Snyder & Associates | May 18, 2022 | Surrogacy
Compassion is a core quality in most women who help families with fertility challenges by becoming a surrogate. But there are two kinds of surrogacy — compensated and altruistic. Unlike many other nations, the United States allows surrogates to receive reasonable...
Who can be your family’s gestational carrier?
On Behalf of Steven H. Snyder & Associates | Jan 20, 2022 | Surrogacy
A gestational carrier is a woman into whose womb is transferred an embryo created with gametes (sperm or egg) other than her own that are selected by aspiring and intended legal parents who cannot gestate a child themselves. It may be both gametes of a heterosexual...
Can a surrogate decide to keep the baby?
On Behalf of Steven H. Snyder & Associates | May 19, 2021 | Surrogacy
One thing that people worry about when they decide to use a surrogate is that the surrogate may want to keep the baby after the child is born. They don’t want there to be any legal drama at such an important time, and they certainly do not want to see their plans to...
Assisted reproductive advancements pose legal questions
On Behalf of Steven H. Snyder & Associates | Apr 14, 2021 | Surrogacy
Surrogacy has become a common practice in recent years as more people feel morally and legally comfortable with the process. Many heterosexual couples in Minnesota struggling to have a baby as well as same-sex couples desiring to become parents have found that...
How COVID-19 is affecting the surrogacy process
On Behalf of Steven H. Snyder & Associates | Nov 23, 2020 | Surrogacy
The COVID-19 pandemic has affected so many different aspects in people’s lives. One of the more unique aspects deals with surrogacy matters. Surrogacy is experiencing a nationwide challenge due to the COVID-19 travel ban that has closed U.S. borders to a vast majority...
Catching Up to Medical Science – New Jersey to Make Compensated Surrogacy Possible
On Behalf of Steven H. Snyder & Associates | Sep 28, 2018 | Surrogacy
By January 1, 2019 there will only be three states that have published statutes or case law that prohibit compensated surrogacy contracts - those states being Louisiana, Michigan and New York. With the State of Washington amending its Uniform Parentage Act to...
Advocacy Day: A Call to Arms in Supporting Surrogacy in Minnesota
On Behalf of Steven H. Snyder & Associates | May 3, 2018 | Surrogacy
Every year RESOLVE, the National Infertility Association, puts together an advocacy event at the Minnesota State Capitol enlisting the help of surrogates, intended parents, professionals in the infertility field, and anyone who has ever been affected by infertility,...
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