Fun for all at our first annual Open House!

We would like to share some pictures from our recent Open House here at Reproductive Possibilities.  We hope to see you next year!

Sherri Shepherd Must Remain on Birth Certificate of Son Born Via Surrogate, Pay Child Support

Former The View co-host Sherri Shepherd lost her fight to have her name removed from the birth certificate of the son she had via surrogate, and she must continue paying child support for the 1-year-old boy being raised by her ex-husband, according to court documents obtained by PEOPLE.

Monday's ruling by a Pennsylvania court of appeals was hailed by the owner of the agency who arranged the surrogacy as " a victory for all families formed through assisted reproductive arrangements."

"This will allow parents and carriers to feel secure," Melissa Brisman, owner of the New Jersey-based Reproductive Possibilities, tells PEOPLE. "A great decision for the surrogacy community."

Read the full PEOPLE article here: http://www.people.com/article/sherri-shepherd-must-remain-birth-certificate-baby-surrogacy

By Diane Herbst 11/24/2015

Join us December 4th for an Open House

Halloween Fun

Family Building Series

Melissa Brisman and Reproductive Possibilities are featured on Italian TV.  Congrats to our clients and gestational carrier who also appeared! Fabulous Piece!

Click here to watch the video

or follow this link:
http://www.video.mediaset.it/video/matrix/servizio/diritti-civili-la-polemica-delle-adozioni_566458.html

October baby!

So exciting, Reproductive Possibilities welcomes another new family! Congrats!!!

Third set of twins this week!

We’ve got some serious double trouble here at Reproductive Possibilities! 

Look who came to see us ...

Two of our ADORABLE surrotwins stopped in for a visit!!!
Good thing our bibs taste good!

Babies Born!

Welcome to the two newest members of the Reproductive Possibilities family born September 13, 2015

Governor Chris Christie Vetos Surrogacy Bill

Surrogacy Vetoed For New Jersey Once Again

"Last night, on the day before announcing his candidacy for President of the United States, Governor Chris Christie shamefully vetoed important bipartisan legislation passed by the New Jersey Legislature – the New Jersey Gestational Carrier Agreement Act – that would have modernized New Jersey law by giving legal parental rights of a child carried by a gestational surrogate to the intended parent at birth.  Garden State Equality, New Jersey’s statewide advocacy and education organization for the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) community, and the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), the nation’s largest LGBT civil rights organization, decried Governor Christie’s veto of this important legislation impacting LGBT people and their families."


http://www.hrc.org/blog/entry/governor-chris-christie-vetoes-important-pro-lgbt-surrogacy-bill

Woman Has Baby with Transplanted Ovarian Tissue

"A woman who had her ovarian tissue removed and frozen as a child has given birth to a baby after the tissue was successfully transplanted back into her, enabling her to get pregnant".


Science has sure come a long way! Check out the Article below with video attachment.

http://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/woman-has-baby-transplanted-ovarian-tissue-n372836

Building Families in the LGBT Community

Birds and The Bees for the 21st Century

WIFS NYC Metro Presents: THE BIRDS AND THE BEES FOR THE 21ST CENTURY...


Eggs, Sperm, Surrogacy and What You Need to Know About the Law and Medicine When Making Babies Thursday, May 21, 2015 Women in Insurance & Financial Services (WIFS) invite you to a presentation about the ins and outs of surrogacy.

 This event will be moderated by Marta Alfonso, a principal in the Litigation and Valuation Division at MBAF, and topics include: Matters of Life and Death: ART and Estate Planning Presented by Carole Bass

  • Disposition and use of sperm, eggs and embryos post-death (providing for genetic material in your estate plan) • ART children and outdated family definitions in Wills and Trusts

  • Inheritance rights of posthumously conceived children Sex, Test Tube Babies, and Eggs On Ice: What You Need To Know Today About Having Your Family Now Or Late Presented by Serena Chen Dr Chen, a board certified fertility specialist and Director of Reproductive Medicine at IRMS at Saint Barnabas, will discuss practical advice on conceiving a healthy pregnancy now, keeping your eggs healthy for the future, and whether or not freezing your eggs is really worth it. Nuts and Bolts of Egg, Sperm and Gestational Surrogacy Agreements Presented by Melissa Brisman.

• Discuss issues pertinent to all reproductive agreements such as confidentiality, liability and parental rights • Discuss the need for experiences attorneys on both sides

• Discuss the need for a multi-disciplinary team To Register, go to: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-birds-and-the-bees-for-the-21st-century-eggs-sperm-surrogacy-and-what-you-need-to-know-about-tickets-16885536093 If you have any questions, please contact Donna Hawkins, WIFS NYC Metro Chapter at 917-868-9488 or dhawkins[at]sdlbrokerage.com. www.wifs-nyc.com

Gay Womens Gathering Tomorrow!

Family Building at the JCC in Manhattan

Yesterday on Melissa Harris Perry!

In case you missed Melissa Brisman on “Melissa Harris Perry” this weekend you can view the show by clicking on this link

http://www.msnbc.com/melissa-harris-perry/watch/a-new-frontier-in-reproductive-justice--442847299900

Melissa Harris Perry Show

Watch Melissa Brisman  discuss embryos, surrogacy and other reproductive/fertility topics

Sunday morning May 10, 2015 at 10:30 am ET

on MSNBC's "Melissa Harris-Perry" Show

Twitter Page for Surrogates

Follow our New Twitter Page for Surrogates!

https://twitter.com/SurrogateChat

Free Pregnancy Summit

 Free Pregnancy Summit    Friday May 8th, 2015 Through May 19th

21 of the world's leading experts on pregnancy, conception and parenting gather together for eleven full days and basically reveal all of their secret techniques, most effective tools, and their best advice.

Whether you are considering pregnancy, already pregnant, struggling with infertility, lactating, or a Mom already, you are in for a treat.  We’ll cover strategies to alleviate anxiety and stress, physical discomfort, health issues, planning a pregnancy through surrogacy, home birth and much, much more!

Starting May 8^th through until May 19^th, you will receive expert audio interviews via email that you can download and listen to anytime/anywhere.  You will be learning tips and tricks for health and happiness, to help you now and forever.

All you need to do is simply register and claim your "seat" by clicking on the link below:

http://www.thesoulmidwife.com/MelissaB

 

 

 

Melissa Brisman on Arise TV!

Sunday, May 3^rd at 11:30am.  Arise TV is running a special regarding international surrogacy and the risks associated with working outside of the U.S. to build your family.  Focus of the special will be regarding the earthquake in Nepal.  Melissa Brisman shares legal issues and the challenges of international surrogacy, with a focus on Israeli couples who have surrogates in Nepal now.

 

Arise News can be watched around the world, on mobile, web and TV. Find out below how best to access Arise.

http://www.arise.tv/page/how-to-watch

Pregnancy Summit

 

 

21 of the world's leading experts on pregnancy, conception and parenting gather together for eleven full days and basically reveal all of their secret techniques, most effective tools, and their best advice.

 

Whether you are considering pregnancy, already pregnant, struggling with infertility, lactating, or a Mom already, you are in for a treat.  We’ll cover strategies to alleviate anxiety and stress, physical discomfort, health issues, planning a pregnancy through surrogacy, home birth and much, much more!

 

Starting May 8^th through until May 19^th, you will receive expert audio interviews via email that you can download and listen to anytime/anywhere.  You will be learning tips and tricks for health and happiness, to help you now and forever.

 

All you need to do is simply register and claim your "seat" by clicking on the link below:

http://www.thesoulmidwife.com/MelissaB

News Update: See Attorney Brisman Tonight on AlJazeera Network

News Update:  See Attorney Melissa Brisman tonight on AlJazeera network tonight, discussing the bizarre deportation efforts of ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) regarding adults whose childhood adoptions may not have been completed to recognize them as U.S. Citizens.  Should someone who has lived as a resident of the United States for 30+ years, now be penalized for incomplete paperwork?

 

See it tonight:  america.aljazeera.com  at 8pm  EST   (also showing at 7pm and 11pm)

Watch AJAM on 

Comcast Seattle - Channel 125 or 107  

DirectTV - Channel 347 or 1347

Dish Network – Channel 215

Check local listings for other cable providers

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT LAST WEEK YOU CAN:

 

Also, see Melissa Brisman on CNN Regarding Sofia Vergara’s fight over frozen embryos with Ex-Fiance at:    http://cnn.it/1DCloPo

 

And read about Sofia Vergara on:  http://www.today.com/health/sofia-vergaras-frozen-embryo-fight-whats-harm-keeping-them-t16036

 

 

 

Watch Melissa Brisman LIVE This Morning on CNN!

Watch Melissa Brisman Live, 

Friday April 17th, 2015 at 8:40 am Eastern Standard Time on CNN,

Melissa will be discussing the legal issues involved in Sofia Vergara and Nick Loeb's frozen embryo dispute.

Gay Womens Gathering

See Melissa Brisman on the Steve Harvey Show!

See Melissa Brisman on the Steve Harvey Show

Monday, April 6^th  on NBC. 

Steve interviews a couple who received the Gift of Life from a close friend – through surrogacy!  Attorney Brisman shares her knowledge of the legal and emotional issues involved with surrogacy.

 

http://steveharveytv.com/real-housewife-phaedra-parks/

 

"Plus, on the heels of controversial statements made by designers Dolce & Gabbana about children born via in vitro, Steve welcomes a couple who was given the ultimate gift, when her best friend offered to be their surrogate! Clinical Psychologist DR. JOHN DUFFY and a reproductive lawyer MELISSA BRISMAN join the conversation with advice on what you need to consider emotionally and legally before deciding between surrogacy, in vitro fertilization and adoption."

Single straight men turn to IVF to start families

Article Below about A growing number of single straight men are reportedly turning to IVF and surrogates to become fathers.


"Today" also spoke with Melissa Brisman, a prominent surrogacy lawyer, who says the trend of straight men turning to IVF continues to grow. “About five years ago we started seeing some single men and each year we see more and more single men coming to our office,” Brisman said."




http://www.hlntv.com/article/2015/03/17/single-straight-men-ivf-surrogates-become-fathers

Melissa Brisman on the TODAY show NBC

 

Bachelors turn to surrogates when biological clocks tick

 

 

See Melissa Brisman on the TODAY show NBC, this morning at 7:30 AM. She has responded to the comments made by Dolce & Gabbana regarding their Anti-Gay Parenting Views and discuss single men in surrogacy arrangements.

Link and Video to Article below:


http://www.today.com/health/bachelors-turn-surrogates-when-biological-clocks-tick-2D80552738

LGBT Family Building Event

Single Man Interested in Sharing your Story?

Are you a single man looking to build a family?

Would you be interested in sharing your story in a TV interview?

 

Melissa Brisman is actively involved in a storyline, featuring surrogacy for a single, male intended parent.  The reporter would like to film an initial consultation meeting about a surrogate journey.  If you are a single male, and are interested in pursuing surrogacy and feel comfortable being interviewed and filmed, Contact Us Now.

 

Reach out to Jacki at 201-505-0078 or via email jacki@reproductivepossibilities.com

Planning Biological Parenthood for Men

Seminar on Family Planning