The Donor Sibling Registry TV Show is available online.

The Donor Sibling Registry tv show is now available to view online.


http://www.worldstarhiphop.com/videos/video.php?v=wshh0XTWQnc2EkQI49zg


Wendy Kramer
www.donorsiblingregistry.com
303-258-0902


"There are only two lasting bequests we can hope to give our children. One is roots; the other wings." - Hodding Carter

In Canada:Surrogate not legally a baby’s mother, judge rules

Note the language in the article. Neither the Donor or GC are considered a Parent.


"...granting John and Bill's request, supported by Mary (gestational carrier via donor ovum and one father's sperm), to remove Mary's name from Sarah's birth certificate, Madame Justice Jacelyn Ann Ryan-Froslie of the province's Court of Queen's Bench, noted that the law defines a "mother" as the woman who delivered a child, and presumes she is also a parent, which is no longer always true.


Being a parent is an important legal designation, she wrote, and it does not apply to Mary, who surrendered all parental rights to John and Bill after Sarah's birth."


Full article here:

http://www.nationalpost.com/m/blog.html?b=news.nationalpost.com/2011/09/13/surrogate-not-legally-a-babys-mother-judge-rules&s=Opinion

The NYC Gathering Dinner Meetings September 20th, October 17th.

Tuesday September 20, 6-8pm in Midtown with Special Guest, Judy Kottick, LCSW. The topic will be, "How to Talk with the Others in Your Life about Donor Conception".


Monday October 17, 6-9pm in Midtown with Special Guests, Wendy Kramer and her son Ryan Kramer of The Donor Sibling Registry.


Please Register for these events to Saxel95@aol.com.
Sara Axel
516-967-7430

More Information About The 14th World Congress on Human Reproduction in Melbourne, Australia

DONOR LINKING SYMPOSIUM
Presented in association with the 14th World Congress on Human Reproduction
by:
* the Australian & New Zealand Infertility Counsellors Association
* Victorian Assisted Reproductive Treatment Authority
* Donor Conception Support Group of Australia

Dec 4/11. Melbourne, Australia
Open to the general public & health professionals.

Info: http://www.humanreproduction2011.com/associated-meetings/anzica/

Check out this adoption website.

Wouldn't it be great if we had a resource and support network like this.
Shows you just how long we have to go.
http://adoptionvoices.com/

ELIZABETH MARQUARDT-JULY 6, 2011

On July 6th Elizabeth Marquardt asked me to make a statement regarding the facebook article

I posted on June 21st, a quote she says was erroneously attributed to her.


"Hi, this is Elizabeth Marquardt. That Facebook page incorrectly attributes a
quote to me. The quote it features is actually by lesbian mom Mary Bowers
writing in the Windy City Times."

Here is her new article in National Review. While I strongly disagree with her
agenda, I understand some of the points she is trying to make and her sincerity
in what she believes in. At least she writes without being cruel and
nasty to parents like me (on and off line), like some of her followers are known
to do (ironically,unfortunately,the rules on her blog don't apply her staff
bloggers so I will not link to it here).

There are already a few well spoken replies posted there and it should generate
some substantial conversations. As long as everyone can remain civil and with
the emotional well being of children in mind,both before and after conception
and birth,which includes how you treat their parents...well, I can hope.


http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/271173/complicated-family-structures-more-openness-answer-elizabeth-marquardt

Who’s on the Family Tree? Now It’s Complicated

HeraldTribune.com


Jul 5, 2011 Some great discussion points in this article. Still,they did not cover egg
donation. For me, an egg donor is a leaf on our family tree. For my children,she
may be something else,more or less, up to them, it will be their family tree
(and as twins they will likely fight it out;). But I do I think that's the point
that the mother at the end of the article has not yet acknowledged.


http://www.heraldtribune.com/article/20110705/ZNYT02/107053018/-1/news?p=4&tc=pg

Books for Donor Offspring, by Librarian Patricia Sarles

http://booksfordonoroffspring.blogspot.com/

This is a lovely website.

Patricia Sarles Blogspot about books for donor offspring

Here is a note I received from Patricia Sarles. The website is lovely so please check it out!

Hi Ms. Axel,

I see from choicemoms.org that you ran a discussion group on books for donor offspring this past February.

If this would be of any interest or help to you in the future, I maintain a blog about books for donor offspring here:

http://booksfordonoroffspring.blogspot.com/

I've just added some new ones in French but 99% of them are American.

Best wishes,

Patricia

______________________________ 
Patricia Sarles, MA, MLS 
Jerome Parker Campus Library 
100 Essex Drive 
Staten Island, NY 10314 
voice: 718 370-6950 x1321 
fax: 718 370-6960 
psarles@schools.nyc.gov 
 

http://booksfordonoroffspring.blogspot.com/

Third Party Parenting: Raising Resilient Children

Wish we had events like this.

 http://www.wawhite.org/index.php?mact=CGCalendar,cntnt01,default,0&cntnt01event_id=1448&cntnt01display=event&cntnt01detailpage=466&cntnt01return_id=199&cntnt01eventtemplate=internalEvent&cntnt01returnid=466