Examinpmg Use Of Surrogate Mothers Among Gay Male Couples

AFP/Google.com on Tuesday examined the increasing number of gay male couples who are having children through surrogacy services. According to AFP/Google.com, the number of gay couples in the U.S. who have children through surrogacy or adoption is increasing. The American Academy of Pediatrics estimates that between one million and nine million children in the country under age 18 have same-sex parents.

 

Sanford Benardo -- president of Northeast Assisted Fertility Group in Boston, Mass. -- said that gay couples using surrogate mothers to have children "is not looked at anymore as something so weird or strange." Benardo added, "More and more people are doing it." The process at Northeast Assisted Fertility Group costs at least $100,000, with $25,000 going to the surrogate and $4,000 to $10,000 going to the egg donor. The rest goes to the agency, medical costs and legal fees, AFP/Google.com reports.