ORM Fertility, a globally recognized fertility center headquartered in Portland, Ore., has been leading the way in fertility surrogacy care for the past 20 years, completing around 15.5% of all U.S. Since 2007, ART cycles using a gestational surrogate have almost tripled, from 1,957 cycles to 5,521 cycles in 2016, as reported by the CDC. As the legal environment essential for safe surrogacy expands in the Pacific Northwest, options for family-building fertility care continue to grow as well.

Now, as of January 2019, Washington is a surrogacy-friendly state, while many states still render surrogacy and donor agreements unenforceable. While access to care isn’t the same from state to state or even country to country, Oregon and Washington have become a magical place for the LGBTQ+ community to become parents through the use of ART.īecause Oregon has never had a ban on compensated surrogacy, it already draws intended parents from around the world.

In a survey conducted by the Family Equality Council in 2019, about 63% of LGBTQ+ people planning families reported that they expect to use assisted reproductive technology (ART), foster care or adoption to become parents. In many cases, tools such as fertility clinics and surrogacy agencies are utilized to help individuals and couples achieve their dream. But those in the LGBTQ+ community face many hurdles, both social and physical when wanting to start or grow a family. For many, getting pregnant is somewhat simple.

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