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Recently, the 68-year-old Spanish celebrity spurred a debate in Spain after her picture carrying her surrogate-born baby came to light. Ana Obregón revealed contracting with a gestational surrogate in Miami to have a baby, but later announced in a magazine interview that the baby was the daughter of her son who died of cancer in 2020. Surrogacy in Spain is not legal. Obregón said that the doctors had encouraged her son, Aless Lequio García, to preserve samples of sperm befor

Introduction It’s widely understood that treatment for infertility such as IVF or artificial insemination and pregnancy expenses are deductible medical expenses under IRS Tax Code section 213. A question intended parents have asked us as their surrogacy lawyer , if infertility and pregnancy treatments are deductible, what about medical expenses or costs incurred in surrogacy or egg donation, as these are also treatments for infertility? What about surrogacy and egg donatio

Recently, California has implemented a law which will have an impact on anonymous sperm, egg and embryo (“gamete”) donations in the future. Effective January 1, 2020, the new Health and Safety Code section 1644.2-1644.3 will require gamete banks (defined as sperm and egg banks and IVF clinics) to (1) provide each donor with information regarding the donor’s choice regarding identity disclosure; (2) obtain a declaration regarding identity disclosure; and (3) maintain identify