WGBH, Boston's public broadcasting station, recently aired a story about Circle Surrogacy clients, the Andersons, who they describe as part of a growing number of male gay couples who chose surrogacy to become parents. John Weltman, CS's president, states in an interview for the show that while only "4-10% of the gay population that's having children today is doing it through surrogacy", the numbers are growing enormously.

When he started Circle Surrogacy a decade ago, says Weltman, about 40 percent of his clientele was gay. Today it's closer to 80 percent. Among his clients are numerous Europeans, as well as couples and singles from countries such as Israel, Australia and even Dubai.

As gay men, Frank and Michael Anderson were limited in their options when they decided to have a child. They initially considered adoption, but decided it wasn't for them. "It felt like a crap shoot in a lot of ways when we looked into it," Michael says. "You get sort of profiled and then the adoptive mother chooses you from a range of couples and it just felt like we wanted it to happen, you know, more securely than that." The Andersons are part of a growing number of male gay couples who have decided that surrogacy was a better option.

About Circle Surrogacy

Since 1995, Circle Surrogacy has helped bring to the world over 350 babies, with unmatched success rates of close to 100% in clients becoming parents through egg donor surrogacy. Its dedicated staff of professionals is made up of lawyers, social workers, parents through surrogacy, and former surrogates and egg donors. Circle Surrogacy provides a choice of specialized clinics at locations throughout the country, a large selection of egg donors, swift matching with carefully screened surrogates, and a variety of flexible programs and financial options to suit its clients' unique family choices.

John Weltman, owner, founder is a Yale graduate and a nationally recognized expert in the field of reproductive law, including surrogacy and gay parenting.