Sweden legislators have voted overwhelmingly to approve same sex marriage, the fifth European country to do so.
Sweden is now “doing a Connecticut“. Sweden has had civil unions, but is now moving to same sex marriage. In Connecticut, one of the first US states to adopt civil unions, gay rights advocates argued in the state’s Supreme Court that civil unions were discriminatory. The Supreme Court agreed.
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When it comes to surrogacy destinations, Iran is probably not the first country that springs to mind. Yet, surprisingly, Iran’s surrogacy laws share some striking similarities with those of California—a state known for its progressive and clear legal framework on assisted reproduction.
Starting July 1, 2025, groundbreaking changes to New South Wales law will significantly affect families involved in overseas surrogacy arrangements. These changes empower the NSW Supreme Court to issue parentage orders for children born through commercial surrogacy overseas—a legal pathway previously unavailable.
In recent months, Australia’s fertility sector has been shaken by two unprecedented embryo mixups at Monash IVF clinics. These incidents have not only caused distress and confusion for affected families but have also exposed critical weaknesses in the country’s IVF regulatory framework.
