What Happens to Your Frozen Eggs and Sperm After You Die? Feat. Ellen Trachman

Today, we’re sharing a fascinating episode of Fruitful & Multiplying in which we interview Ellen Trachman, a lawyer specializing in assisted reproductive technology. Ellen’s recent Ted Talk titled “What Happens to People’s Eggs and Sperm After They Die?” has over 1 million viewers, and this is not even her most impressive accomplishment. She founded the Trachman Law Center which focuses on family formation law, and has earned a plethora of awards from being named one of Denver’s 40 Under 40 by Thre Denver Business Journal to receiving the Colorado LGBTQ Bar Association’s 2020 Ally of the Year award. She also writes a weekly column for Above the Law and has her own podcast called I Want to Put a Baby In You. Ellen explains posthumous conception to us and answers a wide array of YOUR questions (thanks to those who made submissions!) including what happens when someone passes away unexpectedly and their partner wants to use their frozen genetic material, what happens if the partner never froze his/her genetic material, and how do these rules differ with frozen embryos? We also go into who has the right to the genetic material after a divorce, and how all of these laws differ by state. Ellen is truly an expert in this space and you will absolutely leave this episode with a whole new set of knowledge! Shoutout to Ellen’s podcast “I Want to Put a Baby in You” →  [https://iwanttoputababyinyou.com/blog/2020/8/19/episode-92-infertility-in-israel-births-an-american-non-profit-elana-frank]