{"id":9196,"date":"2014-11-20T16:29:46","date_gmt":"2014-11-20T16:29:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/?p=9196"},"modified":"2015-01-22T21:43:50","modified_gmt":"2015-01-22T21:43:50","slug":"gay-men-looking-to-surrogacy-for-children","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/2014\/11\/gay-men-looking-to-surrogacy-for-children\/","title":{"rendered":"Gay men looking to surrogacy for children"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n<p><script>\/\/ <![CDATA[\n(function(d, s, id) {   var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];   if (d.getElementById(id)) return;   js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;   js.src = \"\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/all.js#xfbml=1\";   fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs); }(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));\n\/\/ ]]><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Some gay men, who want to expand their families, are opting for surrogacy &#8211; a practice regulated on a state-by-state basis.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;For gay people, men at least, this is pretty much the only way they can have their own children,&#8221; said John Weltman, president and founder of Boston-based surrogacy agency <a href=\"http:\/\/www.circlesurrogacy.com\" target=\"_blank\">Circle Surrogacy<\/a>, which serves the gay and lesbian communities.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/IMG012562014.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/IMG012562014.jpg\" alt=\"IMG012562014\" width=\"700\" height=\"525\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9208\" srcset=\"https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/IMG012562014.jpg 700w, https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/IMG012562014-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Everything varies by state, and that is the conundrum,&#8221; said Judy Sperling-Newton, director of the American Academy of Assisted Reproductive Technology Attorneys. &#8220;Every single state is different&#8230; In some states, like California, there is a lot of law.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>But those laws have been a driving force in leading the rest of the nation in protecting parents who have children through surrogacy, Weltman said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;In California you can actually get two men&#8217;s names on the birth certificate pre-birth,&#8221; said Weltman, &#8220;but that won&#8217;t be acknowledged as a valid parentage in New York. You have to do an adoption.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The Full Faith and Credit Clause of the Constitution was enacted to respect the public acts, records and judicial proceedings of other states, meaning if someone is considered a parent in one state, they&#8217;re supposed to be considered a parent in another. But it&#8217;s an issue that is still fought in the courts today, said Stuart Bell, co-owner of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.growinggenerations.com\" target=\"_blank\">Growing Generations<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s become part of the conversation of what we call &#8216;family building,&#8217; which has made it much more normal,&#8221; Bell said.<\/p>\n<p>Surrogacy can take a relatively short amount of time compared to adoption, which can be a long process as couples wait to be selected.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Surrogacy is different because the intended parents can be much more assertive,&#8221; Sperling-Newton said.<\/p>\n<p>They are able to select their egg donor and their surrogate, and then nine months later, have their child. 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