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Another Look at Surrogacy32 comments

Julie Shapiro wrote 3 days ago: Continuing with what seems like  little run of personal stories, I wanted to talk about this recent … more →

Tags: Parentage, Adoption, gestational surrogacy, Pregnancy, Surrogacy

Edging Closer to Grow-Your-Own Gametes4 comments

Julie Shapiro wrote 1 week ago: I try to keep one eye on scientific developments that, while still in early stages, promise to compl … more →

Tags: Parentage, Sperm Donor, Egg Donor, technology, gametes

Iowa Birth Certificate Must List Two Married Moms26 comments

Julie Shapiro wrote 2 weeks ago: For several years (time does fly) I’ve been following an Iowa case challenging the state … more →

Tags: Parentage, DNA, Marriage, Birth Certificate

Treating Children As Property (Or Not)10 comments

Julie Shapiro wrote 3 weeks ago: This is the continuation of a train of thought about treating children as property.   You might want … more →

Tags: Parentage, parent, Property

Some Thoughts About Adoptive Couple vs. Baby Girl12 comments

Julie Shapiro wrote 4 weeks ago: On the “better late than never” theory I thought I would take the time to offer some ref … more →

Tags: Parentage, Adoption, unmarried parents, Indian Child Welfare Act

Adoptive Couple v. Baby Girl in the Supreme Court NOW23 comments

Julie Shapiro wrote 1 month ago: My apologies for neglecting all the comments on the last post.  It’s the travel thing this tim … more →

Tags: Parentage, DNA, Adoption, time, unmarried parents, ICWA, unmarried father

Are Parental Rights Earned or Given? 43 comments

Julie Shapiro wrote 1 month ago: I’ve had an extremely difficult time keeping the blog properly populated with fresh material t … more →

Tags: Parentage, DNA, functional parent, de facto parent

Abandonment, Parental Rights and the Well-Being of Children15 comments

Julie Shapiro wrote 1 month ago: This post is generated by thinking more about the topic of the last couple of posts and the comments … more →

Tags: Parentage, functional parent, Adoption, psychological parent

If The New Utah Law Is Wrong, Where Is It Wrong?84 comments

Julie Shapiro wrote 1 month ago: My last post was about some new law enacted in Utah.   I won’t try to summarize it since you c … more →

Tags: Parentage, Adoption, abandonment, unmarried parents

Marriage and Children in the Supreme Court2 comments

Julie Shapiro wrote 1 month ago: I’m not going to link to general coverage of the Supreme Court argument in Hollingsworth vs. P … more →

Tags: Parentage, Marriage, Adoption

Tying Marriage to Children and Children To Marriage4 comments

Julie Shapiro wrote 1 month ago: Next week (Tuesday and Wednesday) the United States Supreme Court will hear argument in two major ca … more →

Tags: Parentage, Marriage, Adoption, Single Parent

Surrogacy Gone Wrong--Who's In Charge?17 comments

Julie Shapiro wrote 2 months ago: There’s a surrogacy story I’ve been meaning to get to.   Here’s one version.   It … more →

Tags: Parentage, DNA, Surrogacy, Adoption

Families by Design (And Without Couples)8 comments

Julie Shapiro wrote 2 months ago: I know there’s been a bit of a gap here, but that’s the nature the the semester, I guess … more →

Tags: Parentage, DNA, Marriage

diary friday 5.51am - Genetic link between different psychiatric disorders

lyndaanning wrote 2 months ago: hi how are you? there is news this week that researchers have found a genetic link between autism, a … more →

Tags: writing, Family, Mental Health, Book Promotion, grandson, Research, Major Depression, Bipolar Disorder, Social Media

The Bigger Picture in Kansas--Putting The Pieces Together9 comments

Julie Shapiro wrote 2 months ago: I’ve been writing a lot about  a recent Kansas Supreme Court opinion–this makes my fourt … more →

Tags: Parentage, Art, assisted insemination, Contracts, Kansas, lesbian mother, Sperm Donor

What the Kansas Court Did

Julie Shapiro wrote 2 months ago: I’m going to look more closely at the opinion issued in Kansas yesterday.  For background you … more →

Tags: Parentage, Art, Sperm Donor, Gender, lesbian mother, de facto parent

New Kansas Opinion Affirms Two-Mother Family13 comments

Julie Shapiro wrote 2 months ago: There’s a new opinion from the Kansas Supreme Court that is worth a look.   I don’t have … more →

Tags: Parentage, Art, DNA, Gender, lesbian mother, de facto parent, assisted insemination

On The "To Read" Pile12 comments

Julie Shapiro wrote 3 months ago: I’ve read and heard quite a bit about a recent book–Far From the Tree:  Parents, Childre … more →

Tags: Reading List

Why Are There All These Categories of Parents?19 comments

Julie Shapiro wrote 3 months ago: The last post about step-parents (which lead to lengthy discussions of genetic parents, psychologica … more →

Tags: Parentage, step-parent, de facto parent


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