External Surrogacy Resources

The following is a curated list of trusted third-party resources related to surrogacy and ART.  

General Surrogacy Information

• WebMD - Gestational Surrogate Overview
• ASRM's 2022 recommendations for Gestational Surrogacy.

Assisted Reproductive Technology [ART] Organizations

• ASRM - American Society for Reproductive Medicine
• • An excellent resource for educational information related to assisted reproductive technology.  Founded in 1944.
• ASRM Today - ASRM Today podcast
• AAAA - Academy of Adoption & Assisted Reproduction Attorneys
• SART - Society For Assisted Reproductive Technology
• Resolve.org - National infertility association
• CDC.gov - United States ART Clinics' published success rate data 
  
• • IVF Clinics in the United States can optionally report their success rates to the CDC. 
  • • This dataset from 2019 contains information from ~ 330k ART cycles at 448 clinics and ~78k live births.
    • You can search this data by zip code to look at clinics near you that reported their data.

ART Related Legislation in the United States 

• ASRM's Response to the US Supreme Court's decision in - Dobbs v. Jackson [the overturn of Roe v. Wade]
• • PDF document contains an analysis of all states that have abortion trigger laws.
• Uniform Parentage Act (2017) - PDF
• • Provides states with a legal framework for establishing the paternity of children.  
  • Original act was introduced in 1973 and was revised in 2002 and 2017.
  • Map of US state's enactment of UPA.