Happy Fathers Day to all our readers, particularly to those who are fathers. On the occasion of Father’s Day comes this story about single men (straight or otherwise) using surrogacy as a means for parenthood. [TOI]
Rafa, a 38-year old Spanish teacher, recently celebrated the birth of his twin boys whom he fathered through artificial reproduction and a surrogate mother. The woman delivered Rafa’s twins in Anand.
The backdrop to this story is the fact that Rafa was a single male who had no intention of getting married or getting into a relationship just for the sake of having children. Of course, there is always the controversy regarding the breakdown of traditional family structures and more importantly, the ethics of “renting a womb”. But
this path to parenthood has definitely benefited quote a few.
Take the story of this 28-year old single male Gujarati expat for instance:
A 28-year old expat Gujarati, who stays in the US, met with a serious accident and was hospitalized for two years battling paraplegia. Left with a certain disability, the young man expressed his feeling that he did not want to marry as he was too conscious of his handicap but would love to become a father.
“His parents approached us and using his sperms a surrogate just delivered a boy. Fatherhood has given the young man a new purpose in life,” said Dr Patel. Infertility specialist Dr Falguni Bavishi of Ahmedabad has also been approached by a single man from Canada to help him become a father. He had got his sperms frozen and will get a baby with the help of a surrogate.
The whole process of surrogacy being relatively new is not without it’s growing pains. For instance, the applicants backgrounds need to be screened better than solely checking the finances of potential parents. Then again, the fact that single men (and women) have such options as opposed to forgoing parenthood or getting into relationships solely for procreating is definitely a positive trend.
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