If you live in New York and were born without a uterus, or you may have a medical condition that makes pregnancy life-threatening, or your cancer has rendered you sterile, or you are a man with a male partner or your medical condition causes miscarriage after miscarriage, you are out of luck. New York is about the worst place for you to be. Your only hope is to build your family, at far greater expense and emotional burden, with the help of carrier in surrogacy-friendly state live Connecticut, Massachusetts, or even Georgia or Texas.
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Sperm Bank Moving Next To Big Florida University To Tap Donor Pool
A leading sperm bank is relocating its headquarters next to a Florida university with the second-highest student enrollment in the United States in hopes of tapping into its large pool of healthy, well-educated potential donors, the company said. Cryos, a privately owned company with offices in New York and Denmark, will on April 6 complete its move to Orlando, with offices located less than a mile (1.6 km) from the University of Central Florida, which enrolled almost 61,000 students for the 2014-15 academic year.
Egg Freezing Invaluable Option for Cancer Patients
Egg freezing is “an invaluable option” for female cancer patients who want to preserve their fertility before undergoing potentially sterilizing chemotherapy, according to researchers from New York University (NYU) Langone Medical Center in New York City.
Should You Freeze Your Eggs?
The cocktail party at the trendy Crosby Street Hotel in SoHo could have been a networking event for a hip New York investment bank or publishing house—a swarm of young women in their late 20s and 30s, mostly in business attire. But the attendees weren’t thinking about their careers. They were thinking about their ovaries. The event was hosted by a company called EggBanxx, and the women had come to drink free wine and learn about egg freezing, something their hosts were promoting as a way to stop the biological clock so they can have their babies later, whenever they damn well please.
Researchers Take a Closer Look at Endometriosis, a Leading Cause of Infertility
Researchers in New York are taking a closer look at endometriosis. It’s a disease that’s not often talked about, but it affects one in ten women in the U.S., and 176 million women worldwide.
19th-Century Classified Ads for Abortifacients and Contraceptives
This compilation of classified ads, from the New York Herald and the New York Sun, shows how contraception, cures for sexually transmitted diseases, abortifacients, and abortion services were advertised in New York City during one week in December, 1841.
Men Should Do Kegels, Too (Study)
Women aren’t the only people who should be doing Kegel exercises, experts say. Studies have found that pelvic floor exercises—long known to help women with childbirth and recovery as well as prevent incontinence—can also help with incontinence, recovery from prostate surgery, and other issues in men, including, possibly, sexual dysfunction. How should men do the exercises? Focus on “the area you sit on when you’re sitting on a horse,” one doctor explains to the New York Times, and tighten the muscles you would typically use to stop urinating mid-stream or keep yourself from passing gas. Contract for a few seconds, release, and repeat 10 to 15 times per “workout.”
Updating New York’s Surrogacy Laws
Saying that New York law has failed to keep pace with medical advances in assisted reproduction, two lawmakers are drawing attention to a bill meant to ease the process for parents who cannot conceive to use a surrogate to have their child.
And Surrogacy Makes 3
In New York, a Push for Compensated Surrogacy
Court Rules Minors Can Buy Morning After Pill Without Prescription
Emergency contraception known as the “morning-after pill” can be sold over-the-counter to minors, a federal appeals court in New York decided on Wednesday.