In New York, a gay uple fightg to make their surers pay for fertily treatment have found themselv the middle of a culture war. What happens when the right to parenthood volv someone else’s body?
Contents:
- CAN TWO MEN HAVE A BABY? GAY PARENTG OPTNS
- FOR GAY MEN, HAVG A BLOGIL CHILD N BE PLITED
- GAY MEN: HOW TO HAVE A BLOGIL CHILD
- ‘WE ARE EXPECTED TO BE OK WH NOT HAVG CHILDREN’: HOW GAY PARENTHOOD THROUGH SURROGACY BEME A BATTLEGROUND
CAN TWO MEN HAVE A BABY? GAY PARENTG OPTNS
Stanford physicians have published the first study of gay men's experienc wh g assisted reproductive technology to have children. * gay couples babies *
A gay or transgenr person’s optns for parentg clu:. Or, let’s say we have a gay cisgenr uple, Alex and Zack. Others may be ncerned that sgle men or gay male upl would have a harr time adoptg jt bee they are men, but this may not be te.
FOR GAY MEN, HAVG A BLOGIL CHILD N BE PLITED
Geic rearch is advancg to the day when gay upl uld fulfill their dreams of havg children related to them both. * gay couples babies *
“For gay male sgl/upl, we have particularly easier the matchg procs, as there is no other mom 'replacg' the child’s birth mother and often get chosen quicker. This is thanks large part to the growg number of adoptn and surrogacy optns available to gay upl today, pared to what was available a ago.
Other optns for gay upl clu adoptn and foster re. And for gay upl, surrogacy mak that dream a realy.
GAY MEN: HOW TO HAVE A BLOGIL CHILD
Beg a Parent Through SurrogacyGay men face more challeng beg parents than any other group, both blogil and fancial. The... * gay couples babies *
However, is still not possible for a gay uple to have a child g DNA om both fathers.
But for gay men, this procs is plited and expensive. The procs tak about two years and sts around $200, 000 per child - and prospective gay fathers don't meet eligibily creria for most health surance plans' fertily benefs, although this is begng to change.
‘WE ARE EXPECTED TO BE OK WH NOT HAVG CHILDREN’: HOW GAY PARENTHOOD THROUGH SURROGACY BEME A BATTLEGROUND
* gay couples babies *
Brent Monsr, MD, recently helped lead a study to document tails of how gay men e assisted reproductive technology to build their fai, cludg qutns such as how many children they wish to have and how often their efforts succeed. As a gay person growg up a nservative environment, this was a challenge I thought about. I asked them how I uld start a fay as a gay man.
We don't take re of gay men...
For same-sex upl who want kids, surrogacy is one of only two optns. It is a lengthy and expensive procs, and bee of differg laws om state to state, n be an even more plited procs for gays and lbians. * gay couples babies *
Your paper giv historil ntext for how shiftg attus toward LGBTQ fai have changed the climate for gay men who want to bee fathers. There has been a lot of foc the scientific lerature on whether children turn out OK if they have gay parents.
A gay uple New York State recently sued, sayg those creria are discrimatory.