http://www.alliancealert.org news from the frontlines of the culture war Thu, 24 May 2012 23:12:00 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/23/axotl-tanks-or-brood-mares-nj-bill-would-legalize-commercial-surrogate-pregnancy/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/23/axotl-tanks-or-brood-mares-nj-bill-would-legalize-commercial-surrogate-pregnancy/#comments Wed, 23 May 2012 18:02:42 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=134457 LifeNews: Alas, there is an ill-advised bill in the New Jersey Legislature to legalize commercial surrogacy. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/23/axotl-tanks-or-brood-mares-nj-bill-would-legalize-commercial-surrogate-pregnancy/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/14/in-sperm-banks-a-matrix-of-untested-genetic-disease/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/14/in-sperm-banks-a-matrix-of-untested-genetic-disease/#comments Mon, 14 May 2012 23:00:24 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=133637 NY Times: The scale of the problem is only now becoming apparent with the advent of online communities like Ms. Kramer’s. “There needs to be oversight, and some regulation of the industry,” she said.It is not known how many children are born each year using sperm donors, because mothers of donor offspring are not required to report their births. By some estimates, there are more than a million children in this country conceived with donated sperm or eggs. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/14/in-sperm-banks-a-matrix-of-untested-genetic-disease/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/07/india-women-strap-on-bellies-to-keep-surrogacy-secret/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/07/india-women-strap-on-bellies-to-keep-surrogacy-secret/#comments Mon, 07 May 2012 21:10:54 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=133093 BioEdge: Many women in India who hire surrogates use fake tummies to keep the surrogacy a secret, the Times of India reports. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/07/india-women-strap-on-bellies-to-keep-surrogacy-secret/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/07/bioethics-and-the-2012-election-romney%e2%80%99s-surrogate-grandsons/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/07/bioethics-and-the-2012-election-romney%e2%80%99s-surrogate-grandsons/#comments Mon, 07 May 2012 19:42:58 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=133083 LifeSiteNews: His oldest son Tagg now has six children, three of whom have the same surrogate mother. Tagg and his wife Jen are the biological parents. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/07/bioethics-and-the-2012-election-romney%e2%80%99s-surrogate-grandsons/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/16/women-cannot-rewind-the-%e2%80%98biological-clock%e2%80%99/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/16/women-cannot-rewind-the-%e2%80%98biological-clock%e2%80%99/#comments Mon, 16 Apr 2012 17:16:00 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=131192 Yale News: Many women do not fully appreciate the consequences of delaying motherhood, and expect that assisted reproductive technologies can reverse their aged ovarian function, Yale researchers reported in a study published in a recent issue of Fertility and Sterility. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/16/women-cannot-rewind-the-%e2%80%98biological-clock%e2%80%99/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/13/fertility-treatment-bans-in-europe-draw-criticism-ap/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/13/fertility-treatment-bans-in-europe-draw-criticism-ap/#comments Fri, 13 Apr 2012 15:56:24 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=131073 AP: Many countries have strict rules on who is allowed to get fertility treatments. And recent court rulings suggest nothing's likely to change anytime soon. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/13/fertility-treatment-bans-in-europe-draw-criticism-ap/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/04/mothers-helper-a-shocking-thing-i-learned-after-giving-up-my-eggs/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/04/mothers-helper-a-shocking-thing-i-learned-after-giving-up-my-eggs/#comments Wed, 04 Apr 2012 18:34:17 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=130436 The Atlantic: For $8,000 it was easy for the author to justify selling her eggs the first time. The second time, too. Only then did they share the bad news. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/04/mothers-helper-a-shocking-thing-i-learned-after-giving-up-my-eggs/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/15/unheard-voice-in-nj-surrogate-case-%e2%80%94-the-birth-mothers/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/15/unheard-voice-in-nj-surrogate-case-%e2%80%94-the-birth-mothers/#comments Thu, 15 Mar 2012 15:55:22 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=128722 NJ Law Journal (subscription only): The New Jersey Supreme Court heard oral argument in a surrogate-mother suit, The Matter of the Parentage of a Child by T.J.S. and A.L.S., and exposed the case's greatest weakness: the class of women with the greatest rights at risk was unrepresented . . . The birth mothers were not heard from. Of such stuff, bad law is made. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/15/unheard-voice-in-nj-surrogate-case-%e2%80%94-the-birth-mothers/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/05/same-sex-custody-battle-could-change-florida-law/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/05/same-sex-custody-battle-could-change-florida-law/#comments Mon, 05 Mar 2012 18:45:11 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=127663 AP: But the Brevard County couple separated two years later, and the birth mother eventually left Florida with the child without telling her former lover. The woman who donated the egg and calls herself the biological mother finally tracked them down in Australia with the help of a private detective. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/05/same-sex-custody-battle-could-change-florida-law/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/01/trouble-in-vatican-pontifical-academy-members-upset-with-ethics-deficit-at-infertility-conference/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/01/trouble-in-vatican-pontifical-academy-members-upset-with-ethics-deficit-at-infertility-conference/#comments Thu, 01 Mar 2012 17:37:33 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=127349 LifeSiteNews: A gathering of the Vatican’s own academy for promoting respect for life was met with palpable discontent from its own members and other registrants after presenters on the topic of infertility alluded to in-vitro fertilization (IVF) and other artificial reproduction technologies as “natural” and legitimate for treating patients, despite their conflict with Catholic moral teaching. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/01/trouble-in-vatican-pontifical-academy-members-upset-with-ethics-deficit-at-infertility-conference/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/01/reproductive-technologies-and-the-quest-for-immortality/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/01/reproductive-technologies-and-the-quest-for-immortality/#comments Thu, 01 Mar 2012 15:08:27 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=127304 Public Discourse: The fertility industry is booming because we desire genetic and memetic immortality—the preservation and reproduction of our bodies and ways of life. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/01/reproductive-technologies-and-the-quest-for-immortality/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/24/calif-lawyer-to-be-sentenced-in-baby-selling-scam/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/24/calif-lawyer-to-be-sentenced-in-baby-selling-scam/#comments Fri, 24 Feb 2012 16:34:48 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=126778 AP: But prosecutors say being a trusted source also allowed her to lure them into unwittingly helping her build a baby manufacturing business spanning two continents that netted millions. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/24/calif-lawyer-to-be-sentenced-in-baby-selling-scam/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/23/parents-sue-sperm-bank-sperm-resulted-in-cystic-fibrosis/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/23/parents-sue-sperm-bank-sperm-resulted-in-cystic-fibrosis/#comments Thu, 23 Feb 2012 21:36:11 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=126716 LifeNews: A couple in Texas is suing a sperm bank in New England because their child has cystic fibrosis. Cystic fibrosis is a devastating disease that is caused by mutations in the CFTR gene. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/23/parents-sue-sperm-bank-sperm-resulted-in-cystic-fibrosis/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/07/utah-high-court-to-hear-posthumous-benefits-case/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/07/utah-high-court-to-hear-posthumous-benefits-case/#comments Tue, 07 Feb 2012 13:54:46 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=124848 News from The Associated Press: Utah's Supreme Court is deciding whether a sperm donor contract is proof that a man wanted to be a father, even after his death. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/07/utah-high-court-to-hear-posthumous-benefits-case/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/01/04/florida-court-says-both-lesbian-mothers-have-parental-rights/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/01/04/florida-court-says-both-lesbian-mothers-have-parental-rights/#comments Wed, 04 Jan 2012 17:40:00 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=122026 LaTimes.com: The 5th District Court of Appeal ruled that the U.S. and Florida constitutions trump Florida law and give parenting rights to both women. State law, it added, has not kept up with the times. | D.M.H. v. D.M.T., No. 5D09-3559 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. (5th), Dec. 23, 2011) ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/01/04/florida-court-says-both-lesbian-mothers-have-parental-rights/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/01/03/scientists-grow-sperm-in-laboratory-dish/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/01/03/scientists-grow-sperm-in-laboratory-dish/#comments Tue, 03 Jan 2012 11:05:57 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=121765 ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/01/03/scientists-grow-sperm-in-laboratory-dish/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/20/n-j-gay-couple-fight-for-custody-of-twin-5-year-old-girls/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/20/n-j-gay-couple-fight-for-custody-of-twin-5-year-old-girls/#comments Tue, 20 Dec 2011 17:41:43 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=121384 NJ.com: On one side of the parental tug-of-war over the 5-year-old twin girls at the center of the long-fought court battle were Donald Robinson Hollingsworth and Sean Hollingsworth — a gay couple who married in California and live in Jersey City. On the other was Angelia Robinson, Donald Hollingsworth’s sister, who agreed to serve as a surrogate, ultimately giving birth to the girls through a donor embryo fertilized by Sean Hollingsworth. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/20/n-j-gay-couple-fight-for-custody-of-twin-5-year-old-girls/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/20/fertile-sperm-donor-draws-criticism-from-fda-docs/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/20/fertile-sperm-donor-draws-criticism-from-fda-docs/#comments Tue, 20 Dec 2011 10:37:02 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=121258 News from The Associated Press: Physicians and the federal government cited the case of a San Francisco Bay area man who has fathered 14 children as an example of the risks posed by the informal market for sperm donations, which doctors consider unsafe but some people call a civil liberties issue. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/20/fertile-sperm-donor-draws-criticism-from-fda-docs/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/16/mans-free-sperm-donations-result-in-14-kids-angry-fda-letter/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/16/mans-free-sperm-donations-result-in-14-kids-angry-fda-letter/#comments Fri, 16 Dec 2011 12:31:28 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=121068 ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/16/mans-free-sperm-donations-result-in-14-kids-angry-fda-letter/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/14/hatch-seeks-show-on-his-kids-from-sperm-donations/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/14/hatch-seeks-show-on-his-kids-from-sperm-donations/#comments Wed, 14 Dec 2011 11:04:31 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=120819 News from The Associated Press: Reality star Richard Hatch, who was freed this week from prison on a tax evasion sentence tied to his $1 million "Survivor" winnings, said Tuesday that he is hoping for a new reality show about his relationship with the children conceived from his sperm donations. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/14/hatch-seeks-show-on-his-kids-from-sperm-donations/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/13/bill-johnson-former-gop-official-against-same-sex%c2%a0marriage-donated-sperm-to-lesbian-couples-report%c2%a0/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/13/bill-johnson-former-gop-official-against-same-sex%c2%a0marriage-donated-sperm-to-lesbian-couples-report%c2%a0/#comments Tue, 13 Dec 2011 14:00:12 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=120732 NY Daily News: His wife, who didn't know about her husband's donation, called it the 'utmost betrayal.' ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/13/bill-johnson-former-gop-official-against-same-sex%c2%a0marriage-donated-sperm-to-lesbian-couples-report%c2%a0/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/06/sperm-donor-children-speak-out/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/06/sperm-donor-children-speak-out/#comments Tue, 06 Dec 2011 11:01:23 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=120143 ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/06/sperm-donor-children-speak-out/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/05/feminists-warn-against-exploiting-women-for-eggs-in-biotech/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/05/feminists-warn-against-exploiting-women-for-eggs-in-biotech/#comments Mon, 05 Dec 2011 12:38:37 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=119972 Secondhand Smoke | A First Things Blog: Pro choice and pro life women have come together in coalition to protect women from being exploited for their eggs by Big Biotech. Reason? Women would take all the risks and the companies could make all the money but for the small payments to women to undergo the unnecessary extration procedure. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/05/feminists-warn-against-exploiting-women-for-eggs-in-biotech/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/11/23/fatherless-new-documentary-questions-morality-of-anonymous-sperm-donation-industry/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/11/23/fatherless-new-documentary-questions-morality-of-anonymous-sperm-donation-industry/#comments Wed, 23 Nov 2011 10:51:53 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=119384 LifeSiteNews.com: A new documentary film released Monday explores how children conceived through anonymous sperm donations are left searching for their true identities, and questions whether the “anonymous father” industry of sperm donation should exist at all. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/11/23/fatherless-new-documentary-questions-morality-of-anonymous-sperm-donation-industry/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/11/16/elizabeth-marquardt-get-ready-for-group-marriage/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/11/16/elizabeth-marquardt-get-ready-for-group-marriage/#comments Wed, 16 Nov 2011 16:34:54 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=118797 ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/11/16/elizabeth-marquardt-get-ready-for-group-marriage/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/11/03/austrian-law-banning-egg-and-sperm-donation-in-a-single-ivf-procedure-upheld/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/11/03/austrian-law-banning-egg-and-sperm-donation-in-a-single-ivf-procedure-upheld/#comments Thu, 03 Nov 2011 16:13:55 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=117760 Secondhand Smoke | A First Things Blog: This is why I am heartened by the UCHR’s ruling that upholds Austria’s law banning the use both donated eggs and sperm in an IVF attempt in order to allow a couple to bear a genetically unrelated child. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/11/03/austrian-law-banning-egg-and-sperm-donation-in-a-single-ivf-procedure-upheld/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/10/26/%e2%80%98baby-trafficking%e2%80%99-scandal-just-the-tip-of-the-ivfsurrogacy-iceberg-expert/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/10/26/%e2%80%98baby-trafficking%e2%80%99-scandal-just-the-tip-of-the-ivfsurrogacy-iceberg-expert/#comments Wed, 26 Oct 2011 12:54:40 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=116897 LifeSiteNews.com: After a CNN report this week condemned an illegal surrogacy ring run by high-profile fertility lawyers, one expert says that media and the pro-life community alike still fail to acknowledge the corruption endemic in the entire “baby trafficking” business - whether legal or not. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/10/26/%e2%80%98baby-trafficking%e2%80%99-scandal-just-the-tip-of-the-ivfsurrogacy-iceberg-expert/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/10/21/is-it-possible-to-have-three-biological-parents/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/10/21/is-it-possible-to-have-three-biological-parents/#comments Fri, 21 Oct 2011 15:46:08 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=116612 ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/10/21/is-it-possible-to-have-three-biological-parents/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/10/20/free-sperm-donors-and-the-women-who-want-them/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/10/20/free-sperm-donors-and-the-women-who-want-them/#comments Thu, 20 Oct 2011 08:56:18 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=116423 Newsweek: The Daily Beast: Meet a 'donorsexual' on the web—and he'll service you anywhere. Plus, key moments in insemination history. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/10/20/free-sperm-donors-and-the-women-who-want-them/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/09/28/38-ways-to-make-a-baby/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/09/28/38-ways-to-make-a-baby/#comments Wed, 28 Sep 2011 13:36:03 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=114819 First Things: The rapidity by which the baby-making process has evolved has outpaced our moral reflection. While I lack the knowledge and wisdom to provide much guidance, there are few considerations, ranging from the personal to the linguistic, which I believe should guide our thinking about reproductive technologies ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/09/28/38-ways-to-make-a-baby/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/09/19/worlds-biggest-sperm-bank-cryos-tells-redheads-we-dont-want-your-semen/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/09/19/worlds-biggest-sperm-bank-cryos-tells-redheads-we-dont-want-your-semen/#comments Mon, 19 Sep 2011 12:52:18 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=113867 NY Daily News: The world's largest sperm bank is telling redheads to keep their semen. Demand for ginger-haired donors is so low that Cryos International says they needn't bother donating. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/09/19/worlds-biggest-sperm-bank-cryos-tells-redheads-we-dont-want-your-semen/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/09/12/use-of-surrogate-sex-partners-rising-among-women/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/09/12/use-of-surrogate-sex-partners-rising-among-women/#comments Mon, 12 Sep 2011 11:21:15 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=113205 Fox News: Sex therapists talk with their patients to help them confront their sexual problems and improve their sex lives. But some patients need more than talk therapy. They need practice in the bedroom, and have no spouse or partner to turn to. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/09/12/use-of-surrogate-sex-partners-rising-among-women/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/09/08/india-women-exploited-in-surrogacy-pregnancy-contracts/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/09/08/india-women-exploited-in-surrogacy-pregnancy-contracts/#comments Thu, 08 Sep 2011 17:09:21 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=113046 LifeNews.com: A new book by Scott Carney called the The Red Market: On the Trail of the World’s Organ Brokers, Bone Thieves, Blood Farmers, and Child Traffickers takes a critical look at international surrogacy especially in India. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/09/08/india-women-exploited-in-surrogacy-pregnancy-contracts/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/09/08/the-commercialization-of-reproduction-and-donor-anonymity-in-canada/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/09/08/the-commercialization-of-reproduction-and-donor-anonymity-in-canada/#comments Thu, 08 Sep 2011 16:48:39 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=113038 The Center for Bioethics and Culture: This week, we are pleased to feature an in-depth report on assisted reproduction in Canada. The report was prepared by our 2011 Blackstone Legal Intern, Brittney Sharp. The report is especially timely as Jennifer Lahl will be in Toronto later this month speaking at a conference on reproductive issues and filming two interviews for our new film project, Anonymous Fathers Day. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/09/08/the-commercialization-of-reproduction-and-donor-anonymity-in-canada/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/09/06/one-sperm-donor-150-sons-and-daughters-societal-ramifications/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/09/06/one-sperm-donor-150-sons-and-daughters-societal-ramifications/#comments Tue, 06 Sep 2011 11:06:24 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=112675 ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/09/06/one-sperm-donor-150-sons-and-daughters-societal-ramifications/feed/ 0