Surrogate’s real “Glee” comes from helping others
by Mary Ellen McLaughlin Fox’s wildly popular “Glee” tackles many controversial topics, most recently, surrogacy. One of the main characters, Rachel Berry, is an aspiring Broadway star and the daughter...
View ArticleDiscussing hard choices – before they must be made
By Mary Ellen McLaughlin A recent article in the National Post highlights an issue in the fertility industry that is ripe for discussion. A couple that had turned to surrogacy after failed infertility...
View ArticleThe “Eggsploitation” Issue
By Mary Ellen McLaughlin A new documentary called “Eggsploitation” presents the stories of three women who went through the egg donation process and experienced rare complications, such as a stroke,...
View ArticleWhat can you do if surrogacy is illegal in your home state?
Surrogacy is illegal in several U.S. states. If you have chosen surrogacy as your reproductive method of choice, where do you go from here? Our legal expert, Nidhi Desai, explains your options below.
View ArticleNew Expert V-cast: Surrogacy Myths
Have questions about surrogacy? Mary Ellen McLaughlin, ARR partner and resident surrogate expert, has the answers. McLaughlin busts the many myths surrounding the gestational surrogacy process through...
View ArticleMyth: There are few, if any, guidelines to becoming a surrogate
What kind of guidelines are out there for gestational surrogates and intended parents? Does it vary state by state? These questions and more are answered by Mary Ellen McLaughlin, partner and surrogacy...
View ArticleTraditional versus Gestational Surrogacy: Worth the Risk?
By Robin von Halle As many sad stories as happy ones about surrogacy abound on the Web. One of the more recent heartbreakers told of a U.K. couple whose surrogate decided, halfway through the...
View Article4 Reasons for Surrogates to Use an Agency
By Mary Ellen McLaughlin One of the common questions we see on the discussion boards of the surrogacy communities we follow is typically posed by women who are considering becoming surrogates for the...
View ArticleA Wake Up Call for Would-Be Egg Donors
By Mary Ellen McLaughlin Between increased media coverage and openness by celebrity role models about their struggles with and solutions to infertility, egg donation has become more mainstream, and, as...
View ArticleA Question of Ethics
By Robin von Halle Donor Agent Provocateur appeared last week in the New York Times Magazine column, The Ethicist, by Ariel Kaminer. The Ethicist responded to a reader’s questions regarding the ethical...
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