Stanford physicians have published the first study of gay men's experienc wh g assisted reproductive technology to have children.
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CAN TWO MEN HAVE A BABY? GAY PARENTG OPTNS
* can gay have baby *
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 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.
FOR GAY MEN, HAVG A BLOGIL CHILD N BE PLITED
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. I asked them how I uld start a fay as a gay man. We don't take re of gay men...