Roia Barrios, P.A.

05/19/2026

✨ Friendly Reminder! ✨

Don’t forget to join us for our upcoming Florida Family Building Advocates Zoom Meeting on May 28 at 2 PM ET! 💻🌴

We’ll be diving into important updates on Florida surrogacy legislation, current litigation, and what it all means for intended parents, surrogates, and providers, plus a look ahead at future advocacy efforts. 💛

Want to join us? It’s easy!
📩 Send a DM or email [email protected] for the Zoom link to attend.

05/19/2026

Great to see advocacy in action at SEEDS! 💛

Florida surrogacy attorney Roia Barrios joined by Illinois surrogacy attorney and President of ART for the Academy of Adoption and Assisted Reproduction Attorneys Nidhi Desai to speak about the important work of the Florida Family Building Advocates (FFBA) and ongoing efforts to advance and protect family-building rights in Florida.

Grateful for the opportunity to share our mission and build support at the Society for Ethics in Egg Donation and Surrogacy (SEEDS) conference!

05/17/2026

Proud to see Florida Family Building Advocates alongside Florida family-building attorneys at the Society for Ethics in Egg Donation and Surrogacy (SEEDS) conference in Atlanta, promoting strong and supportive surrogacy laws in Florida.

Pictured left to right: Robert Terenzio, Courtney Momberg Johnson, Karen Persis, Roia Barrios, Stan Brenner, and Gerardo Rodriguez-Albizu, dedicated to advancing ethical family-building advocacy. Keeping the Sunshine State sunny!💙

10/17/2024

"This is a monstrous law. No country in the world has such a thing," said Grillini, referring to the government's move to prevent Italians from taking advantage of practices that are perfectly legal in some countries.

Activists say the pet project of Prime Minister's Giorgia Meloni party is meant to target same-sex partners.

03/21/2024

It was a pleasure to speak on WMNF Community Radio Midpoint to discuss the current legal and medical status of reproductive rights in Florida.

MidPoint hosted surrogacy lawyer Roia Barrios and reproductive endocrinologist and OBGYN fertility specialist Dr. Carolina Sueldo M.D., for a very informative discussion reviewing the current legal and medical status of reproductive rights and assisted reproductive technologies. We discussed the new...

12/07/2023

Like many areas of reproductive technology, surrogacy is subject to various ethical debates. However, analysts should strive to inform those debates with a clear picture of surrogacy’s risks and rewards. Given that gestational surrogacy results in the creation of a new person, any suggestion to restrict or limit gestational surrogacy should not be undertaken lightly.

For some parents, surrogacy makes having a child possible. Whether or not a couple utilizes surrogacy, US access to the practice keeps hope alive for both domestic and international couples pursuing fertility treatment.

Of course, creating new life has never been a risk‐​free endeavor. However, despite concerns raised by critics, evidence supports the idea that long‐​term outcomes for both gestational carriers and resulting children are predominantly positive.

Critiques do not reflect the relevant body of research, and critics minimize the substantial value of creating life.

11/21/2023

Honored to be featured on both of these lists:

"For a starting point online, Oleaga recommends checking out the surrogacy law map from Creative Family Connections. The Academy of Adoption and Assisted Reproduction Attorneys also provides an attorney directory."

Learn all of the basics of surrogacy, including how the process works, how much it costs and the legal aspects around it.

11/07/2023

It was a pleasure to attend the The Society for Ethics in Egg Donation and Surrogacy - SEEDS conference in Irvine, California this weekend. I am proud to be a part of an organization that actively sets standards for professionals within field of surrogacy and egg donation.

SOCIETY FOR ETHICS IN EGG DONATION AND SURROGACY Have a voice in defining a set of ethical standards for egg donation and surrogacy. Have a voice in defining a set of ethical standards for egg donation and surrogacy. VIEW OUR MEMBERS Welcome to SEEDS Welcome to SEEDS SEEDS is a nonprofit

05/22/2023

A substantial 12 percent of all IVF cycles in the U.S., about 16,000 a year, involve eggs retrieved from a donor, according to the CDC.

Why many women still shy away from telling people they used an egg donor to conceive.

05/17/2023

Tokophobia is an extreme fear of childbirth.

Tokophobia, as it’s called, is not often studied in the United States. But a new survey finds that it may be very common, particularly among Black women and in disadvantaged communities.