Recent Blog Posts: Document

  • Missouri LGBTQ+ Family Law Guide
    The Missouri LGBTQ Family Law Guide resource provides LGBTQ-headed families and LGBTQ adults considering forming families with detailed and accessible explanations of the current status
  • Coming Out to Your Child
    You are already doing the work; simply by taking the time to consider how to sensitively approach coming out to your child brings intentionality to
  • Ohio LGBTQ Family Law Guide
    The Ohio LGBTQ Family Law Guide resource provides LGBTQ-headed families and LGBTQ adults considering forming families with detailed and accessible explanations of the current status
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    Choosing Between a Known and Unknown Sperm Donor
    For some individuals and couples, choosing a sperm donor can be one of the most challenging decisions they will need to make on their path
  • Lovely Baby drinking milk from bottle
    Once Upon a Time, There Was a Much-Wanted Baby (Guess what! That Baby was You!)
    By Corey Whelan For many of us, the story of how we came to be is a much-loved tale, told often by those who tuck
  • Affording Surrogacy Guide
    For those who are considering surrogacy to form their families, there is one question that typically rises to the top: how are we going to pay for it? Due to the number of individuals, procedures, and service providers involved in a surrogacy, the process is expensive, often in the six-figure range. While most families do not have that kind of money readily available, there are many options that exist to help make this path to parenthood more financially attainable. In this guide we highlight options for financing your surrogacy from personal loans, to grants and fundraising, and more. Surrogacy is expensive, but it doesn’t have to be inaccessible.
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    Do No Harm Act
    No one should face discrimination or harm when trying to access services, yet increasingly, religious beliefs are being used to justify discrimination and service refusal,
  • LGBTQ+ Family Building Grants
    AGC Scholarship Foundation AGC Scholarship Foundation is a nonprofit group committed to providing both advocacy and financial support for those struggling with infertility in the
  • Family Building Via Adoption and Foster Care
    Glossary – Family Building via Adoption & Foster Care
    The following is an A-Z of terms commonly used in the process of forming a family via adoption and foster care.
  • Family Building Via Pregnancy
    Glossary – Family Formation via Pregnancy
    The following is an A-Z of terms commonly used in the process of forming a family via pregnancy.
  • Talking With Our Children About Consent
    Talking with Our Children About Consent
    In this #metoo era, more and more parents are eager for opportunities to break the cycle of sexual violence for our children. As our own awareness of these issues heightens, it becomes even more critical that we pass on lessons about the power of consent to our children.
  • Every Child Deserves a Family Campaign Launched to Promote Best Interests of All Children in Foster and Adoption Systems
    Child Welfare Provider Inclusion Act
    Also known as the "Aderholt Amendment".