Surrogacy in India: A Growing Business

Potential surrogate mothers in India

Surrogacy in the United States has been an  infertility treatment option for many years now, but it's notorious for being outrageously expensive, with prices up to $150,000 per child!

Surrogacy in India however, costs about 75 percent less, and many couples are taking full advantage of this financial benefit.

Google Baby, an HBO documentary, is about the booming surrogacy business in India. It focuses on the process (which is mostly done over the internet) and the social issues attached with making babies this way.

For more information on Google Baby and surrogacy in India, read the full article: Google Babies - The Business of Outsourcing Surrogacy to India

Same-Sex Couples are Having Kids and Deserve Equal Rights Too!

A scene from the film, The Kids Are Alright

Same-sex couples have been in the spotlight recently, and it's not just because June is LGBT month.

In the latest US Census survey, same-sex couples were officially counted, which painted a very clear picture of the LGBT community in the United States.

According to the results, 25% of gay couples are having children using the methods of adoption, egg donation, sperm donation and surrogacy.

These infertility treatments are not just for infertile couples anymore; same-sex couples use these procedures to have biological children, which is a basic human need of every person, regardless of sexual orientation.

To learn more about same-sex families, and their fight for equality, read the full article here: A Quarter of Same-Sex Couples Having Families

Selfless Surrogate Moms: Helping Other Couples Achieve Their Dreams

For women with female infertility factors that are unable to carry a child on their own, a surrogate mother may be able to help.

Same sex couples (most often males) also use gay surrogacy as a means to create a child with biological relation to the parents.

Surrogacy has become very popular over the past few years, and it's reported that 1,000 surrogate births occur every year in the United States.

With its rising popularity comes speculation that surrogacy is just another big business after profits, which couldn't be farther from the truth.

In today's Must Read article, Yvonne Heller shows the world exactly what it's like to be a surrogate mother, and hopefully her story will change the minds of those who find surrogacy controversial.

To learn about Yvonne Heller's experience as a surrogate mother, read the full article: Miracle Moms: The Selfless Life of a Surrogate Mother