Impact of COVID-19 on Surrogacy
Creating a Family: Talk about Adoption, Foster & Kinship Care
12/11/20
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How is the COVID-19 pandemic impacting those people who are trying to create their family through surrogacy —both those seeking surrogates in the US and those going abroad. We talk with Dr. Barry Witt, the Medical Director of WINFertility and Greenwich Fertility.
In this episode, we cover:
- How is surrogacy practiced in the US?
- What is the distinction between gestational surrogate and a traditional surrogate?
- Is it possible to go abroad to find a surrogate?
- Why do people go abroad?
- What are the most popular countries for people to go to for surrogacy? (including the US)
- How has COVID-19 impacted intended parents seeking surrogates in the US?
- How has COVID-19 impacted people seeking surrogates in another country, including those coming to the US?
Please leave us a rating or review. This podcast is produced by www.CreatingaFamily.org. We are a national non-profit with the mission to strengthen and inspire adoptive, foster & kinship parents and the professionals who support them.
Creating a Family brings you the following trauma-informed, expert-based content:
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Legal Process of Domestic Adoption: What You Need to Know Before You Adopt
December 4, 2020
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Do you know how the legal process of adoption works? How do you get an original birth certificate? How do you get a social security number for your adopted child? We talk with Brinton Wright, an adoption attorney and Fellow in the Academy of Adoption & Assisted Reproduction Attorneys about the legal and social implications of adoption.
In this episode, we cover:
- Different types of adoption.
- The difference between voluntary and involuntary termination of parental rights.
- What is meant by a "legal risk" adoption.
- What is meant by open adoption.
Please leave us a rating or review. This podcast is produced by www.CreatingaFamily.org. We are a national non-profit with the mission to strengthen and inspire adoptive, foster & kinship parents and the professionals who support them.
Creating a Family brings you the following trauma-informed, expert-based content:
- Weekly podcasts
- Weekly articles/blog posts
- Resource pages on all aspects of family building
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Adopting a Child from Another State
December 18, 2020
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How do you find and adopt a baby or child in another state and what is the Interstate Compact for the Placement of Children (ICPC)? We talk with Chantilly Wijayasinha, MSW and MPH and Interim Director of Adoptions and Foster Care at Vista Del Mar Child & Family Services; and Jim Thompson, adoption, foster care, and assisted reproduction attorney at the Thompson Dove Law Group, and a Fellow at Academy of Adoption & Assisted Reproduction Attorneys.
Please leave us a rating or review. This podcast is produced by www.CreatingaFamily.org. We are a national non-profit with the mission to strengthen and inspire adoptive, foster & kinship parents and the professionals who support them.
Creating a Family brings you the following trauma-informed, expert-based content:
- Weekly podcasts
- Weekly articles/blog posts
- Resource pages on all aspects of family building
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