Gays and lesbians who want babies are flocking from as far away as France and Israel to conceive their dream of becoming parents using donor eggs, donor sperm and surrogates something not allowed in their home countries.
The USA is a top market for gay-friendly surrogacy, and a growing number of couples come from overseas, creating a burgeoning travel segment commonly called medical tourism.
Oregon Reproductive Medicine, a Portland fertility clinic, made USA Today for their success rate in helping gay and lesbian couples make families, not to mention Portland’s friendliness towards the LGBTQ community.
There are several reasons why the City of Roses, which combines small-town charm (fewer than 600,000 people) with a big-city vision that’s become an international model for good planning (light-rail, an urban-growth boundary), is becoming a magnet for gay couples on a parental mission.