Surrogacy

Annapolis surrogacy company owner arrested by FBI charged with federal fraud, faces 20 years in prison

Source Capital Gazette

The owner of an Annapolis-based surrogacy company has been arrested by the FBI in Florida, and charged with federal wire fraud in an attempt to defraud and deceive his clients, according to the Department of Justice.

If convicted, 37-year-old Greg Blosser of Tampa, Florida, owner of The Surrogacy Group LLC, faces a maximum of 20 years in prison, a DOJ news release said.

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Donor Eggs, UK

Uk – Mothers ‘are less responsive’ to donor egg babies

Source The Times

Women who use donor eggs to conceive are less responsive to their babies, according to research.

Scientists from Cambridge University reported “subtle yet meaningful” differences between mothers whose children came from donor eggs and mothers whose IVF babies came from their own eggs. The mothers made slightly less eye contact with their babies and responded less to their games, researchers said, although all the parents in the study had a strong and loving bond with the children. Susan Imrie from the Centre for Family Research at Cambridge, who co-authored the research, said: “We do know from other research that genetic relationships hold different significance to different people.”

In 2016 about 1,400 babies born in Britain were from donor eggs. The number has tripled since 1996.

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Surrogacy

Woman sues fertility clinic after giving birth to SOMEONE ELSE’S babies

Source RT News

An Asian-American couple who enlisted a pricey fertility clinic to help them have children is taking legal action, after the woman ultimately gave birth to twins that were not genetically related to her or her husband.

After struggling for years to conceive, the husband and wife –identified in court papers only as Y.Z. and A.P.– sought the services of Los Angeles-based CHA Fertility Center, which bills itself as a “mecca of reproductive medicine,”according to the New York Post.

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Surrogacy, Uncategorized

5 Years After Twin Helped Her Sister Become A Mother, The 2 Share Joy And Grief

Source WBUR

Five years ago, Melissa Turner, of Quincy, Massachusetts, went above and beyond the bond of sisterhood when she decided to help her identical twin, Jen, of Plymouth, fulfill her dream of being a mother.

After getting married, Jen and her husband wanted to start a family right away. But after a miscarriage and a barrage of health problems, it was Melissa, who goes by Mel, who proposed the idea of surrogacy. In May 2014, Mel became pregnant after artificially inseminating her own egg. In a surprising twist, the sisters learned Mel was pregnant with twins.

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