Facts, insights and opinions about egg donors, surrogates, and intended parents.
Northeast Assisted Fertility Group to be Featured on CNN’s “Anderson Cooper 360” Next Week - Story on Egg Donation
<Click to watch the CNN video, "Egg Donors on the Rise">
Now CNN has picked up on the “surge” in egg donation and they invited Sanford and me to participate in the story. They were ...
Amy Benfer’s piece in Salon yesterday questioned the editorial logic behind the Times publication of Kuczynski’s article, but concluded that it was at least honest in choosing not to mitigate the writer’s vanity, selfishness, and sense of entitlement. She had a slightly more generous attitude toward Kuczynski than many of her readers ...
It also acknowledges the ASRM’s limit on compensation and mentions one donor agency that ignores it, since “the offer brings in donors ...
In Beyond Compensation: Egg Donor Expenses and Financial Liability (2 of 3), we listed a few reasons why we do not support penalty clauses in egg donor contracts. Here are a few more.
Penalty clauses in egg donor contracts are unduly coercive.
Although unenforceable, they do serve a psychological purpose: coerce the donor into compliance ...
In Beyond Compensation: Egg Donor Expenses and Financial Liability (1 of 3), we claimed to stand against penalty clauses in egg donor contracts. Here is why.
Penalty clauses in egg donor contracts are unfair.
The penalty, if enforced, could well add up to thousands of dollars, which the egg donor very likely does not have ...
So, we finally get to read the Sunday Magazine article, and they do not credit Sanford Benardo or Northeast Assisted Fertility Group (NAFG) for our input. Oh, well. Nonetheless, I found Kuczynski's story of infertility and surrogacy heartfelt and brazenly honest. It was also pretty accurate.
I first read the story as a text-only ...
We are eager to view Alex Kuczynski's "Her Body, My Baby" when it is posted online and comes out on Sunday.
The New York Times contacted the Northeast Assisted Fertility Group regarding our opinions on surrogacy law and procedure, but we did not participate in Kuczynski's surrogacy. Preview the article on Jezebel.com ...
Apart from egg donor compensation (at a limit of $10,000 for her time and effort, according to the ASRM), our egg donors are entitled to reimbursement for other expenses incurred by the process. For local donors, these can include gas, tolls, parking, and lost wages for the retrieval day (which requires a full day ...
This article is part three of a three-part series. Click here for Part One and Part Two.
I have a serious medical condition (premature ovarian failure, hysterectomy, a genetic issue) that prohibits me from conceiving and carrying a child; I am a single man or a gay man in a ...
This article is part two of a three part series. Click here to read Part One and Part Three.
"I am in the process of adopting internationally and surrogacy is my back-up plan in case it does not work out; Although I have children from a previous marriage I want ...
