by Shirley Levitan | Sep 20, 2018 | Blog, Fertility Law
If you are a would-be father with infertility problems, you might be advised to lose weight, take antioxidant supplements, and wear freeze-pack underwear to cool the testicles. Such treatments may be indicated because, according to a recent article the The Daily Mail,...
by Shirley Levitan | Aug 13, 2018 | Family Law, Fertility Law
What is the price of a human embryo? It depends. In some circumstances an embryo, once birthed, can trigger liability for child support. In other circumstances, as shown by a recent ground-breaking case from Ontario, it can be reduced to the status of...
by Shirley Levitan | May 22, 2018 | Blog, Fertility Law
Along with real life comes, amongst other things, questions and conundrums. For instance, a lesbian couple is embarking on having a child. One of the women (let’s call her “Mary”) will provide her egg to fertilize with donor sperm. The resulting...
by Jon_MacMull_Admin | May 17, 2016 | Blog, Fertility Law, Uncategorized
The proverbial “biological clock” starts ticking as soon as the human female is born. She starts with one to two million eggs, which drops to 300,000 by age twelve or so, and by the time she hits thirty she’ll be down to about 30,000. Which is still...
by Jon_MacMull_Admin | Feb 4, 2016 | Blog, Family Law, Fertility Law, Uncategorized
It’s okay to retire if you’re creaky and over the hill. But if you’re still young-ish and somewhat spry, and if you have obligations to pay spousal support, you’d better think twice. For example, if you’re a spring chicken of only 51, and...
by Jon_MacMull_Admin | Jan 26, 2016 | Blog, Fertility Law, Uncategorized
How do a sperm and an egg feel about hooking up in a test tube, under the bright laboratory lights, with white-coated scientists watching? Most of us would agree: this is not the most romantic of environments. Luckily, a new apparatus has been invented to improve the...
