Peter Sikstrom, a Circle father of twins, was asked by Swedish TV to participate in a debate about surrogacy. Peter was pitted against critics who compared surrogacy to prostitution and slavery, mostly due to negative reports about surrogacy in India and the Ukraine. Using his own personal experience Peter was able to demonstrate that surrogacy can...
Circle surrogate Shannon is interviewed by Swedish magazine Glaze about her experience being a surrogate mother to a Swedish baby. Shannon explains why she decided to become a surrogate and addresses some of the misconceptions associated with surrogacy. Her candid and frank answers will surely be helpful to individuals trying to understand the motivations...
As part of its Father's Day coverage, Belgian news program RTBF interviews Eric and Didier, a gay couple, who thanks to Circle Surrogacy became the Daddy and Papa of two year old Boris. The couple talks about their experience being dads, the fears and joys of gay parenting and how people around them and their son's daycare teacher react to their...
Circle dads, Vincent & George, a gay couple living in Barcelona, as well as, Myriam the US surrogate who carried their child, are interviewed by the leading newspaper in Spain, about their surrogacy journey. Myriam talks about how surrogacy is a "family affair" and de-mystifies some of the misconceptions in Spain surrounding the matter.
Circle Surrogacy offered private consultations and informational seminars in London and Stockholm in May 2009. The London seminar was co-sponsored by Connecticut Fertility Associates. The seminar featured a presentation...
A Circle couple and their twins were featured in a story by the AFP news agency titled " Surrogate mothers fulfilling gay men's parenthood dreams".
The story was picked up by dozens of publications in several languages worldwide! The couple...
Sweden's largest daily newspaper interviews a Swedish gay couple and the Circle surrogate who delivered their twins. The article focuses on their experience working together. A side-bar article focuses on Circle Surrogacy, the growing number of Swedes who've turned to surrogate mothers in the United States, and the various costs associated with...
In November 2009 Circle Surrogacy hosted Italy's first formal seminar about parenting options through surrogacy in the U.S. Experienced parents and lawyers shared their knowledge with interested parents in Milan. Participants from northern Italy and Switzerland heard directly from an American surrogate mother who gave birth to a baby for an Italian...
Circle Surrogacy, one of the oldest full service surrogate-parenting agency in the USA, is launching a new line of surrogacy and egg donation programs, including the country's first Guaranteed...
Dozens in Stockholm attended the May 10 informational seminar about "Surrogacy in the USA for Swedish Couples and Singles (Surrogatföräldraskap i USA för svenska par och singlar)." The seminar was an opportunity for Swedish gay and straight prospective parents to hear expert advice about this important parenting option and personal stories from Circle's...
April's cover story at Têtu, France's largest LGBT magazine, was dedicated to "Fathers through Surrogacy" (Papas grâce à la gestation pour autrui). The article reports that "Disappointed by co-parenting or simply wishing to raise their children full time, gay couples are using a surrogate mothers from abroad to achieve their desire for fatherhood."...
In conjunction with June's Gay Pride events, the Florida's Spanish newspaper El Sentinel published an article titled "Being gay and a father / Gay couples add another dimension to their relationships." The article describes how gay Floridians, many of them of Hispanic background, are circumventing the state's prohibition on gay adoptions by becoming...
As part of the growing media interest in single men who become fathers, London's Sunday Times featured one of Circle's client, Joe Kurtzer, as an example the growing number of heterosexual men who are not waiting for Mrs. Right to start a family.
Svenska Dagbladet, Sweden’s second largest national newspaper, featured an interview with a Circle surrogate who recently delivered twins for a Swedish gay couple. The interview was part of an article titled "Family happiness due to surrogate mother" ("Familjelycka tack vare surrogatmor"). The interview took place subsequent an informational seminar...