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A French couple explains how they traveled to Las Vegas to build a family when their own country's laws left them no other path.
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In this episode
- Which countries actually allow surrogacy for same-sex couples
- How France's surrogacy laws forced one couple to look abroad
- The real difference between commercial and altruistic surrogacy programs
- What the process of international surrogacy looks like from the inside
About this episode
Most countries that have legal surrogacy specifically exclude queer people and same-sex couples. In fact, there are very few countries that have supportive surrogacy laws that also include same-sex couples. These countries include the United States, which supports commercial surrogacy for gay couples; Canada, which restricts surrogacy only to non-profit altruistic programs; Colombia, some states in Australia; and a few European countries, including the UK, Denmark, Belgium, and the Netherlands.Today, you’ll hear from Aurelien and Nicolas, a french couple who, confronted by France's conservative surrogacy laws, decided to exhaust their last option by traveling to Las Vegas to start a family of their own through surrogacy.
Your host is Levi Chambers, co-founder of Gayety.
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