Last night I came across this article on CNN about men who are using surrogate mothers to become fathers. Granted most men that employ this method of fatherhood are gay men, mostly in committed relationships, who want to become fathers. I thought it was interesting that CNN chose a Black gay man as the example of gay men, for obvious reasons.
picture from cnn.com
Jeff Walker, pictured above, wanted to be a father. He had his first daughter with his partner and a surrogate. Jeff and his parnter broke up but Jeff wanted more children so he use the same surrogate, diferent egg donor and had a second daughter.
The second example, Steven Harris, is a straight man that opted for surragacy when he became tired of waiting for the right woman to marry.
“I thought getting married was the only way to go, because I did want a family. But having Ben, I feel complete now,” Harris says.
You know how I feel about single parenthood, especially planned single parenthood, but I must say I’m happy to see men who genuinely want to be fathers and are willing to spend a lot of money to become fathers. CNN reported surrogacy can cost $100,000 (wowza).
All in all, very interesting. I had never thought about the men who can’t find the right women and go on with their family plans. It makes sense, I’ve met a lot of women who have said if they can’t find the right man at a certain point in their life, they would adopt or impregnate themselves through invitro fertilization. I need to read more on this phenomenon.
What do you guys think of these mens creating families through surrogates?