Jan 7 Weekly Round Up

An episode of the Right to Know Weekly Roundup podcast, hosted by Right To Know, titled "Jan 7 Weekly Round Up" was published on January 7, 2022 and runs 4 minutes.

January 7, 2022 ·4m · Right to Know Weekly Roundup

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Summary

Legislative sessions start next week and we'll be busy. We highlight our MI legislation this week. The legislation creates a crime of Assisted Reproduction Fraud punishable with up to 5 years in jail and $50,000 for anyone who provides false information in the assisted reproduction process or uses gametes not expressly consented to by the patient. Doctors who use their own sperm would face an additional punishment of up to 15 years in jail and $100,000 fine and would lose their medical license if convicted. The bill also creates a civil cause of action for false representation in assisted reproduction with standing for the patient, spouse, and offspring. We’ll be sending out ways for you to reach out to MI legislators as soon as the bill is introduced.  Right to Know and the National Association of Adoptees and Parents are in negotiations with venues in Louisville Kentucky for our Summit in March 2023. We are uniting the adoption, assisted conception and non-paternal event communities to amply our voices. This will be a time to connect, reflect, and be heard. This is shaping up to be an amazing event! Our directory of mental health professionals who have experience working with misattributed parentage is growing. If you’ve seen, or are seeing, a therapist that has helped you, please let us know about them at [email protected]. Our education website now offers all of our past webinars and classes to help you with your misattributed parentage experience. Check out “Societal Perceptions of Ancestral DNA, Race, and Identity” with Dr. Anita Foeman of the DNA Discussion Project and Shaun Stanley, a PHD philosophy student from the University of Bristol where we discuss how over-the-counter DNA testing is affecting our views on ethnicity. Who Do We Think We Are? This Sunday at noon PST /3:00pm EST we will be hosting a discussion on Rebuilding Trust after Betrayal with Jana M Rupnow, LPC. Jana is a licensed professional counselor and consultant specializing in fertility and family building. Her best-selling book, Three Makes Baby-How to Parent Your Donor-Conceived Child, introduced the “five common fears” that parents face as they contemplate having a non-biological child. Thousands of readers around the world have trusted the wisdom and guidance because she knows firsthand what it’s like to be in a non-biological family, as an adoptee and adoptive mom. We’re looking to this! Email [email protected] for the zoom link. Mark your calendars: Sunday, January 20 at noon PST /3:00pm EST attend our webinar “The State of Affairs in Assisted Conception" with Diane Tober, Peter Boni, and Dr. Damian Adams. Email [email protected] for the zoom link.

Episode Description

Right to Know and the National Association of Adoptees and Parents are in negotiations with venues in Louisville Kentucky for our Summit in March 2023. We are uniting the adoption, assisted conception and non-paternal event communities to amply our voices. This will be a time to connect, reflect, and be heard. This is shaping up to be an amazing event!

Our directory of mental health professionals who have experience working with misattributed parentage is growing. If you’ve seen, or are seeing, a therapist that has helped you, please let us know about them at [email protected].

Our education website now offers all of our past webinars and classes to help you with your misattributed parentage experience. Check out “Societal Perceptions of Ancestral DNA, Race, and Identity” with Dr. Anita Foeman of the DNA Discussion Project and Shaun Stanley, a PHD philosophy student from the University of Bristol where we discuss how over-the-counter DNA testing is affecting our views on ethnicity. Who Do We Think We Are?

This Sunday at noon PST /3:00pm EST we will be hosting a discussion on Rebuilding Trust after Betrayal with Jana M Rupnow, LPC. Jana is a licensed professional counselor and consultant specializing in fertility and family building. Her best-selling book, Three Makes Baby-How to Parent Your Donor-Conceived Child, introduced the “five common fears” that parents face as they contemplate having a non-biological child. Thousands of readers around the world have trusted the wisdom and guidance because she knows firsthand what it’s like to be in a non-biological family, as an adoptee and adoptive mom. We’re looking to this! Email [email protected] for the zoom link.

Mark your calendars: Sunday, January 20 at noon PST /3:00pm EST attend our webinar “The State of Affairs in Assisted Conception" with Diane Tober, Peter Boni, and Dr. Damian Adams. Email [email protected] for the zoom link.