IVF – Conception After Death

IVF – Conception After Death

Twenty-five year ago we would not have been discussing IVF conception after death. It was safe to assume that a child born more than ten months after your death was not your child. In estate planning laws, a child born after the parents’ death is referred to as...
Personal Reproductive Responsibility

Personal Reproductive Responsibility

Science, the Law, and Personal Reproductive Responsibility. Science marches forward. Laws are always reactive. New technologies are embraced by the people. Disagreements arise over unforeseen circumstances. When the people cannot agree on a solution, they end up in...
Embryo Custody Battles

Embryo Custody Battles

Before 1978, when the first “test tube” baby was born, no one worried about embryo custody battles. Embryos were in the mother’s womb so they were obviously in the mother’s custody until they were born. Assisted reproductive technology has come...