Surrogacy Daddy

Surrogacy Daddy - 12 - A Tale, Some Doubts

Mon, 12 Jan 2026 15:34:44 GMT

It's time to go home! Just like in a Christmas story, the family finally gathers around the tree. But in stories, there are often difficult trials. This story is no exception.

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Sources:

Article: The art of not sweeping behind one's door: understanding men's repertoire of domestic inaction thanks to Christine Delphy, by Laura Carpentier-Goffre, 2022

Study: Surrogate mothers 10 years on: A longitudinal study of psychological well-being and relationships with the parents and child, Jadva, V., Imrie, S., & Golombok, S., 2015, Human Reproduction, v. 30

Report: Sexist acts during gynecological and obstetric care, HCE, 2018

Article: Médiapart: Sexism, racism, and homophobia: the High Council for Equality lives the opposite of what it preaches

Article: Médiapart: The High Council for Equality is bogged down in crisis

Comic book: Women don't die by chance, by Rotman, Ferné, and Bouillon

Essay: Creating a different kind of family, Gabrielle Richard

Study: Maternal mortality in France, Santé Publique France, ENCMM 2016-2018

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To go further:

CLARA Association

APGL Association

Mes Deux Papas Association

ADFH Association

Collectif Familles Association

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Surrogacy Daddy - 11 - The Birth

Sun, 11 Jan 2026 23:28:52 GMT

It's the long-awaited moment! (And what a long wait it has been!!) Everything converges on this moment lasting just a few hours: the birth. And yet... we prepare so little for it, especially as men. What are the particularities of a birth in a surrogacy process? What about the first separation?

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Sources:

Essay: Faire famille autrement (Building a Family Differently), by Gabrielle Richard

Essay: Pourquoi m’as-tu abandonné (Why Did You Abandon Me), by Jean-Charles Bouchoux

Essay: Rupture(s) (Breakup(s), by Claire Marin

Podcast: France Inter, In Utero, by Zoé Varier

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To learn more:

CLARA Association

APGL Association

Mes Deux Papas Association

ADFH Association

Collectif Familles Association

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Surrogacy Daddy - 10 - Fatherhood

Wed, 10 Dec 2025 21:17:40 GMT

Clearly, no one knows how to be a dad. And yet, when a male couple becomes parents, they have to figure it out, because there is no woman in the household forced to fill in the gaps. And this is far from easy when the short length of paternity leave keeps them away from the crib...

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Sources:

· Les couilles sur la table, Tuaillon

· Les enfants vont bien, Démettre

· Parentalité(s), Bouychou

· Faites des gosses, Revol

· Chroniques du sexisme ordinaire, Marine-Pétroline

· Papatriarcat, Rostein

· Mansplaining, Messias

· Fils à Papa(s), Beaugrand

· Fallait le dire, Emma

· L’arnaque des nouveaux pères, Jourdain et Daudin, 2024

· The Second Shift, Hochschild et Machung, 1989

· Espaces et temps de la « production d’enfants », Boulet, 2020

· Les étudiant-e-s parents, Gaide, 2020

· Qui lave le linge sale de la famille ?, de Stambolis-Ruhstorfer et Gross, 2021

· Être en couple gay, Courduriès, 2019

· RFAS 2025-3 : “Les encadrements de la paternité”

· L’art de ne pas balayer derrière sa porte, Carpentier-Goffre, 2022

· Les « nouveaux pères » trop pépères, Le Monde, 2024

· Les chiffres-clés de l’inégalité en France et dans le monde, Oxfam

· MHB, liste des entreprises qui participent au financement des GPA

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Surrogacy Daddy - 09 - A long distance pregnancy

Wed, 10 Dec 2025 02:03:04 GMT

There are a thousand ways to experience pregnancy. But for intended parents who go through surrogacy, it is usually at a distance. How can we cope with the thousands of miles that separate us for nine months from what matters most to us in the world?

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Sources:

Article: Escrow account fraud, CNN July 19, 2024

Broadcast: Le Lobby Radio Campus Paris June 28, 2024

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To learn more:

CLARA Association

APGL Association

Mes Deux Papas Association

ADFH Association

Collectif Familles Association

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Surrogacy Daddy - 08 - The contract

Fri, 14 Nov 2025 13:47:16 GMT

In surrogacy, the contract between the Surrogate and the Intended Parents is a key document that clarifies the rights and obligations of each party. Why does it raise so many questions among opponents? What does it actually contain, in detail? We reveal it all in this episode.

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Sources:

Study: Fatal workplace accidents in France

Study: Why women have abortions in the US

Study: Assisted reproductive technology and perinatal risks

Study: Maternal mortality in France

Article: Maternal mortality in the United States

ASRM, SEEDS, how to become a surrogate mother in the US: see episode 6

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To learn more:

CLARA Association

APGL Association

Mes Deux Papas Association

ADFH Association

Collectif Familles Association

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Surrogacy Daddy - 07 - The Egg Donor and the fertility clinic

Wed, 30 Apr 2025 12:26:07 GMT

Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART) is always part of a surrogacy process. Who is involved? What are the steps involved? How does one choose an egg donor? What are the ethical and social issues involved?

Note: this is the English version of the French podcast "Papa GPA". Same author, same content, same structure, just... in English!

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Sources:

Film: Gattaca

French Podcast: Les Pieds sur terre, the long wait for black women

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To find out more:

Association CLARA

Association APGL

Association Mes Deux Papas

Association ADFH

Association Collectif Familles

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Surrogacy Daddy - 06 - The Surrogate and the agency

Mon, 28 Apr 2025 20:21:23 GMT

How does one find a surrogate? And above all, how does one ensure it is being done ethically? What are the conditions, assessments, steps and procedures? What role does the agency play in all this? What are the safeguards?

Note: this is the English version of the French podcast "Papa GPA". Same author, same content, same structure, just... in English!

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Sources:

Asso Men Having Babies (international)

Asso CLARA (France)

Asso APGL (France)

Asso Mes Deux Papas (France)

Asso ADFH (France)

Association Collectif Familles (France)

Asso Familles Arc en Ciel (Switzerland)

Asso Famiglie Arcobaleno (Italy)

Asso Galehi (Spain)

Asso FFLAG (Great Britain)

... other associations exist in these countries and beyond. Thank you to them.

SEEDS committee and recommendations (USA)

ASRM Committee and recommendations (USA)

Study: Analysis of sociodemographic profiles and motivations of surrogates, José Ángel Martínez-López

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Surrogacy Daddy - 05 - Many bonds, few words

Fri, 18 Apr 2025 18:38:26 GMT

Why do we say “surrogate”? How do we talk about all these new roles and relationships? And by the way, where is the mother? We don't have the words to convey the strength and subtleties of our journeys. And that sometimes creates a certain confusion that is not without impact.

Note: this is the English version of the French podcast "Papa GPA". Same author, same content, same structure, just... in English!

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Sources:

Letter from a surrogate to the child she carried: Instagram, @julhac, published on 14/02/2022

Article: Donald Winnicott, The primary maternal preoccupation. in: From Pediatrics to Psychoanalysis

Additional article: John Bowlby: Attachment theory

Seminar in Grenoble Alpes: see Episode 04

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To find out more:

Association CLARA

Association APGL

Association Mes Deux Papas

Association ADFH

Association Collectif Familles

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Surrogacy Daddy - 04 - Money, power, family

Wed, 09 Apr 2025 17:29:53 GMT

One topic that systematically comes up when talking about surrogacy is "money". How much does it cost? Who are the people who can afford it? Is it ethical to pay such an amount? Is a woman necessarily exploited if she accepts? But behind the questions of money, it is in fact often about power. And... who has the power?

Note: this is the English version of the French podcast "Papa GPA". Same author, same content, same structure, just... in English!

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Sources:

Study: HETSL, “Le genre de l'argent” (Caroline Henchoz & Stéphanie Monay; study in progress)

Study: Maison des Sciences de l'Homme Alpes, “La GPA vue par les féministes françaises” (data-set; Marlène Jouan & Margot Lherbet; study to be published soon)

Additional column: Le Monde “GPA: il faut dépasser le débat binaire, entre idéologie et symbolisme” (Margot Lherbet, Samir Hamamah, François Olivennes)

Essay: A Different Voice, Carol Gilligan (on “care”)

Additional manual: A Companion to Feminist Philosophy, Alison Jaggar and Iris Young; Article “Care”, Andrea Maihofer

Additional essay: Key texts in feminist philosophy - Patriarchy, knowledge, justice, Manon Garcia

Additional article: Le Monde, Women faced with separation during their cancer

Essay: “Faire famille autrement”, Gabrielle Richard

Interview: BFMTV: Raphaël Glucksmann on surrogacy

Essay: “L'idéologie allemande”, Karl Marx, Friedrich Engels and Joseph Weydemeyer

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To go further:

Association CLARA

Association APGL

Association Mes Deux Papas

Association ADFH

Association Collectif Familles

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Surrogacy Daddy - 03 - First steps in surrogacy

Wed, 02 Apr 2025 23:03:15 GMT

Over a meal with friends, we learn the basics of a surrogacy: which partners and service providers to bring together and in which countries it is possible.

Note: this is the English version of the French podcast "Papa GPA". Same author, same content, same structure, just... in English!

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Sources:

Definition of altruistic surrogacy: Asso CLARA - “Qu'est-ce qu'une GPA”

Surrogate mother article in France: France Bleu - Un couple condamné

Instagram account: Dads.Issues

Lawyer interviewed about Canada: Rachel West

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To go further:

Association CLARA

Association APGL

Association Mes Deux Papas

Association ADFH

Association Collectif Familles

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Surrogacy Daddy - 02 - Being gay and wanting a child

Tue, 01 Apr 2025 14:16:10 GMT

As a gay cisgender male wanting to become a parent, what are the possible paths? Why don't more gay couples adopt in France? How did the narrator and his husband come to choose surrogacy?

Note: this is the English version of the French podcast "Papa GPA". Same author, same content, same structure, just... in English!

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Sources:

Report: CIIVISE

Adoption: Procedures for an approval request

Radio Interview: France Bleue

Additional article: Libération - Adoption: an “unspoken rule” associated gay couples with “atypical” children

Additional article: Vice - The obstacle course for adopting a child when you are gay

Report and summary article: APGL (summary article) + Report on adoption (full PDF)

Article: APGL, The changes planned by the adoption bill for queer families

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To find out more:

CLARA association

APGL association

My Two Dads association

ADFH association

Collectif Familles Association

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Surrogacy Daddy - 01 - Introduction: who and why?

Tue, 01 Apr 2025 11:22:31 GMT

We are hearing more and more about surrogacy, and yet few people know the reality of these journeys, whether for the women who make them possible or for the parents who benefit from them. To ask the right questions about surrogacy, particularly ethical ones, it is necessary to understand the basics. This first introductory episode situates the narrator in his story and explains to whom it is addressed and what will be covered in future episodes.

Note: this is the English version of the French podcast "Papa GPA". Same author, same content, same structure, just... in English!

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Sources:

Survey cited: 59% of French people support surrogacy

Additional IFOP+ADFH poll: The position of public opinion on surrogacy

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To go further:

CLARA Association

APGL Association

My Two Dads Association

ADFH Association

Collectif Familles Association

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