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PARENTS WELE FIRST BABY BORN TO GAY UPLE VIA SURROGACY ISRAEL

"It is a historic day for the LGBTQ stggle Israel, " Health Mister Nzan Horowz said at a news nference, announcg the mistry had issued a circular grantg equal accs for all to surrogate 's LGBTQ+ muny had mand for years to be allowed to pursue surrogacy, which is already accsible to heterosexual upl and sgle July, the Supreme Court, petned by gay rights activists, led that the surrogacy ban for same-sex upl and sgle men vlated their rights and mt be lifted wh six rtrictns had applied only to surrogacy arrangements Israel, and some of those barred om pursug the procs at home travelled abroad to do so. A law passed 2018 extend eligibily for surrogacy to sgle women, but sparked protts bee LGBTQ people were left ’s high urt led Febary 2020 that the rtrictns agast gay upl “disproportnately harmed the right to equaly and the right to parenthood of the groups and are illegal.

The Islamist Ra’am party oppos gay rights, while Health Mister Nzan Horowz — a member of a leftist party the aln — is openly gay.

ISRAELI HIGH URT CLEARS WAY FOR GAY UPL TO E SURROGACY

Surrogacy enabl fertile heterosexual upl and homosexual men to have blogil children. In 2004, a High Court of Jtice mtee was formed to exame the expansn of the Surrogate Law for sgle people, lbians and gay upl.

New Fay ntued to advote for expansn of domtic surrogacy for sgl and gays, and today, the breakthroughs are g to un the proposed reforms.

The first baby born to a gay uple via surrogacy Israel was born on Tuday, acrdg to a Y report. (Ariel Schal / Associated Prs) JERUSALEM — Israel’s Supreme Court has cleared the way for same-sex upl to have children through surrogate mothers, a move hailed by lawmakers and activists as a victory for LGBTQ urt had led 2020 that a surrogacy law, which had expand accs to sgle women but exclud gay upl, “disproportnately harmed the right to equaly and the right to parenthood” and was unlawful. ” Deputy Foreign Mister Idan Roll, an out gay member of the Knset, the Israeli parliament, retorted: “I am sure that most of the natn lov and rpects my Jewish fay that was created through surrogacy.

SURROGACY FOR GAY MEN IS NOW LEGAL IN ISRAEL, BUT DIFFICULT

” Etai and Yoav Pkas Arad, the gay uple who appealed to the urt agast the surrogacy law 2010, said the lg “is a big step for equaly not jt for LGBTQ Israel, but for equaly Israel general. Gay people serve openly Israel’s ary and parliament, and many popular artists and entertaers, as well as the untry’s current health mister, are out about beg gay.

Given that the need for surrogat has always outpaced the number of women eligible and volunteerg to be surrogat Israel — even before sgle men and gay upl had the optn to do so wh the untry and when Ukrae was a possibily for married heterosexual upl — the gap is expected to go up signifintly. While, some plac, surrogat may prefer to work wh gay sgle men or gay upl, Gelfand says she don’t see that to be the se Israel. The Uned Stat has long been an optn for surrogacy, but is expensive (although anizatns like Men Havg Babi have been workg to alleviate sts there for gay dads).

“This is about society extendg equaly to s fal and logil ncln, ” said Ron Poole-Dayan, the founr and executive director of Men Havg Babi, a New York nonprof that helps gay men bee fathers through surrogacy. They argue that people — gay, straight, sgle, married, male, female — are not fertile bee their bodi refe to operate wh baby, their specific life circumstanc, like beg a man wh a same-sex partner, have renred them unable to nceive or rry a child to term whout medil terventn. ”Fertily equaly activists are askg, at a mimum, for surance pani to ver reproductive procr like sperm retrieval, egg donatn and embryo creatn for all prospective parents, cludg gay upl who e surrogat.

ISRAELI SUPREME COURT RUL IN FAVOR OF SURROGACY FOR GAY DADS BUT STILL NO MARRIAGE

This would clu gay men who would transfer benefs directly to their Delaware and New Hampshire there is limed surance verage for the servic, but the wrten requirements make nearly impossible for L. Bee of juri staed bat, Capta Aguilera, who is gay, qualifi for fertily servic, like vro fertilizatn, om the U. ”“But what about gay men?

“I am part of a whole generatn of gay men who thought they would not have kids, ” Andy Cohen, 52, the Bravo host and new father, said a phone terview, acknowledgg that he is “a privileged guy wh accs to the money and rourc need to do surrogacy. Charl Syk/Invisn, via Associated PrsBut some would-be gay male parents see this high price of parenthood as a penalty for not beg straight. )“Part of the reason I hated to e out was bee I equated beg gay wh beg unable to have a fay, ” said Mar Leigh, the 23-year-old founr of Affordable Fai, a fertily-rights aln Connecticut.

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