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Contents:
- CAN TWO MEN HAVE A BABY? GAY PARENTG OPTNS
- FOR GAY MEN, HAVG A BLOGIL CHILD N BE PLITED
- ‘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. * can gay people have babies *
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.
However, is still not possible for a gay uple to have a child g DNA om both fathers. 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
Fd out about optns for havg children if you're LGBT+, wh rmatn on donor sematn, surrogacy, fosterg and adoptn, for people who intify as LGBT+, cludg lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and non-bary * can gay people have 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.
‘WE ARE EXPECTED TO BE OK WH NOT HAVG CHILDREN’: HOW GAY PARENTHOOD THROUGH SURROGACY BEME A BATTLEGROUND
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? * can gay people have babies *
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. 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.