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Family Law Prof Blog
CA Legislation Vetoed
By Family Law
From the Sacramento Bee:Legislation to allow California children to have more than two parents was vetoed today by Gov. Jerry Brown.The bill would have given judges authority to recognize multiple…
Reproductive Rights Prof Blog
Kristine Knaplund on Children of Assisted Reproduction Technology
KristineS. Knaplund (Pepperdine University School of Law) has posted Children ofAssisted Reproduction on SSRN. Here is the abstract: More than three decadesafter the birth of the first child conceived through in…
Reproductive Rights Prof Blog
Thorny Legal Issues Surround Assisted Reproductive Technology
DC Bar: Reproductive Technology and the Law, by Anna Stolley Persky:Enid Abrahami, a single mother by choice, conceived her first child with her own egg and a stranger’s sperm, thanks…
Family Law Prof Blog
Jacobs: “Overcoming the Marital Presumption”
By Family Law
Melanie B. Jacobs has posted her atricle Overcoming the Marital Presumption, 50 Family Court Review (2012) on SSRN. Here is the abstract:Parentage law is heavily influenced by the number “two.”…
Family Law Prof Blog
More on 3 Parents, 1 Child
By Family Law
From the Wall Street Journal:A California bill allowing children to have more than two parents is moving through the legislature. Its passage could fuel similar legislative efforts in other states…
Reproductive Rights Prof Blog
Debate Over Regulating Sperm Donors
NPR – Tell Me More: Fighting Over Rights Of Sperm Donor Babies: Many children born through donor insemination may never meet their fathers or know that they have numerous half…
Reproductive Rights Prof Blog
Another Sperm Donor Learns of His Numerous Offspring
ABA Journal: Lawyer Learns He Has at Least 75 Children, by Debra Cassens Weiss:Boston lawyer Ben Seisler picked up extra money while attending law school at George Mason University by…
Reproductive Rights Prof Blog
Herbie DiFonzo & Ruth Stern on The Complexities of Parentage in Surrogacy and ART Cases
J. Herbie DiFonzo (Hofstra University School of Law) & Ruth C. Stern have posted The Children of Baby M on SSRN. Here is the abstract:Never the closest of bedfellows, law…
Reproductive Rights Prof Blog
Fiona Kelly on Legal Parentage and Lesbian Motherhood
Fiona Kelly (University of British Columbia) has posted Transforming Law's Family: The Legal Recognition of Planned Lesbian Families on SSRN. Here is the abstract: Lesbian families with children are greater…
Family Law Prof Blog
Symposium: “The New “Illegitimacy: Revisiting Why Parentage Should Not Depend on Marriage”
By Family Law
Presented by the Journal of Gender, Social Policy and the Law and the National Center for Lesbian RightsFriday, March 25, 2011 (9:00 AM – 5:00 PM)Saturday, March 26, 2011 (9:30…