A Legal Foundation For Your Family
There are numerous reasons why couples opt to build a family through a surrogate. The motivations for becoming a surrogate also vary. In some cases, it may not be possible for a couple to have a child through conventional means. So, can anyone who is able and willing...
Surrogacy is a great option for people who face obstacles when trying for a baby. Some people face difficulties having children because they aren’t fertile. Others may suffer from medical conditions that make pregnancy unsafe for the mother and child. Surrogacy may...
Infertility affects many people in Minnesota. For this reason, some women become surrogate mothers to bring joy to others. And some do so to help same-sex couples build families. Gestational surrogacy is permitted in Minnesota, provided involved parties meet set...
Surrogacy provides options to those who need to take a different course than traditional pregnancy for building their families. It’s a crucial option for individuals or couples with fertility issues and gay couples, but the process can be somewhat confusing depending...
Many Minnesota couples face obstacles when trying to have children and turn to surrogates. For some, other types of assisted reproductive technology, such as in vitro fertilization (IVF) (fertilization of an egg outside the womb using their own sperm and egg), are not...
Your lifelong friend or a beloved family member has struggled to get pregnant. Or maybe you’re close to a gay friend or couple that wants to start a family. The bottom line is that you want to help by offering to become their surrogate, but you’re unsure how to...
Growing your family through surrogacy can be a long and complicated process. Minnesota, along with many other states, has no surrogacy laws. But when the process proceeds correctly, courts are generally favorable toward intended parents and surrogates. Despite the...
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...
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...
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...