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- FOR GAY MEN, HAVG A BLOGIL CHILD N BE PLITED
- CAN TWO MEN HAVE A BABY? GAY PARENTG OPTNS
- WE WANT A WHAT? OPTNS FOR GAY MEN
- STAT IS ... FOR GAY MEN; THE BABY
- GAY MEN: HOW TO HAVE A BLOGIL CHILD
FOR GAY MEN, HAVG A BLOGIL CHILD N BE PLITED
Stanford physicians have published the first study of gay men's experienc wh g assisted reproductive technology to have children. * gay men baby *
They provi fancial assistance to those who n’t afford IUI, IVF, egg donatn, or surrogacy is often the most expensive optn, ’s not unmon for people who go down this road — cludg many cisgenr gay men — to stggle to start a fay if they do not choose to adopt or foster.
A 2020 survey published by Fertily and Sterily reported that fancial issu were signifint nsiratns gay and bi men’s fay-buildg cisns. One anizatn that offers assistance to gay men and trans women is Men Havg Babi. For more rmatn, cludg the eligibily creria, vis their Gay Parentg Assistance Program.
CAN TWO MEN HAVE A BABY? GAY PARENTG OPTNS
Beg a parent is different for every uple, pecially when legal issu e nstrats. Read our blog post to see some of the issu gay parenthood may brg for those lookg to nceive. * gay men baby *
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 WANT A WHAT? OPTNS FOR GAY MEN
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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.
Why is important for the experienc of gay men seekg fertily re to be reflected the scientific lerature? Cisgenr gay men are almost never clud this rearch, so as physicians we don't know anythg about their characteristics as reproductive health patients, even basic rmatn such as their mographics, clil cisn-makg patterns or out.
STAT IS ... FOR GAY MEN; THE BABY
Our paper ed data om one of the very few fertily benef pani that do offer fertily verage to gay men. That gave a wdow to a natnal group of 119 cisgenr men, cludg five sgle men and 57 gay upl, who uniquely had fertily benefs.
It's important to keep md that our data reflect the experienc of dividuals who n afford reproductive medil re bee their employer-sponsored fertily benefs ver , and that is still an unual suatn for gay men.
This data served as the foundatn for a grant applitn we've jt had approved to nduct a much larger populatn study that will give accs to rmatn on about 2, 000 embryo transfers annually gay men.
GAY MEN: HOW TO HAVE A BLOGIL CHILD
A lot of people see a fertily doctor bee they have an unrlyg medil issue, whereas gay male upl ually have two possible sperm sourc, a young egg donor and a gtatnal rrier who has already had succsful pregnanci. I thk that, bee of the medil factors, birth rat for gay upl uld serve as a morn standard for evaluatg the succs of IVF labs.