Do you want to have children?

 

 

Swedish parents Peter and Jonas, with their surrogate and John Weltman from Circle Surrogacy, holding their newborn twins,
May 2006.

 

CO-SPONSORS:

 

 

 

 

•Surrogacy and Egg Donation Solutions

•Reproductive Medicine

•Swedish Law Considerations

•Financial Consideration

•Expert Advice

•Personal Stories  


Join us for an informational seminar about

Surrogacy in the USA
for Swedish Couples and Singles

Expert advice, personal stories, practical tools and contacts for gay and straight couples and singles.

    Saturday, May 10, 2008
    1:00 - 3:30 pm

    Scandic Continental Hotel
    Björling 2 Hall
    Vasagatan/Klara Vattugrand 4
    111 21 Stockholm
    +46 (0)8 517 342 00

 

PANELISTS INCLUDE:

•John Weltman, Esq.
President / Founder, Circle Surrogacy. Ltd., and a legal specialist in assisted reproduction laws.

•Dr. R. S. Vito Cardone, Medical Director
  Daniele Cardone, B.S.N., Egg Donor / Surrogacy Program Manager
  Cardone Reproductive Medicine and Infertility, LLC.

• Several Swedish parents who had their children through surrogacy in the USA

• Lisa, a surrogate from the US who carried twins for a Swedish couple

Admission is free.

For registration /more information:
ron@circlesurrogacy.com or call +1-917-449-2155  

Please join us for this unprecedented seminar about parenting options for Swedish couples and singles through surrogacy in the USA. We are presenting this seminar as a response to the growing interest in surrogacy among Swedish gay and heterosexual couples and singles, and given the special legal and logistical circumstances of perusing such an option in the USA. The program will include a panel with legal, medical and practical expert advice, and personal stories from parents and a surrogate.

The event is co-sponsored by Circle Surrogacy and Cardone Reproductive Medicine and Infertility, two organizations with  years of experience in helping people from around the world become parents through surrogacy and /or IVF.

Light refreshments will be available during the event which is expected to last about two and a half hours. Individual consultations can also be scheduled for prospective parents who would to further explore these options with the representatives of Circle Surrogacy and Cardone while they are in Stockholm.

 

Why should you consider surrogacy in the USA?

Surrogacy is prohibited in Sweden, but it is legal for Swedish citizens to have children through surrogacy abroad and bring them back after the birth.

The United States is widely considered to be the preferable country for surrogacy among Swedish and other international parents due to legal, societal and medical conditions. Almost every state permits compensated surrogacy and no appeals court in any state has ever given custody to a gestational carrier. The US also offers a supportive environment for surrogates and couples.  Recent articles, including the April 7 Newsweek cover story, an April 25 Wall Street Journal story and the May issue of Details Magazine, all of which feature interviews with Circle Surrogacy’s president and clients, demonstrate a growing acceptance of surrogacy. John Weltman was quoted in Newsweek as saying that parents who work with a reputable agency like Circle have a "99 percent chance of getting a baby and a 100 percent chance of keeping it."

Having children in the States can be relatively easy for international couples.  It is only necessary to come to the United States three to four times, including the 20-week ultrasound and birth.  Departures from the United States are easy as well - most international couples return to their countries within 2 weeks of the birth of their children, with their names on the birth certificate and US Passports, if they choose to apply for them.

Circle’s success with international clients may be attributed to the special attention that is given to addressing every country’s needs and legal circumstances. We have studied the laws in each country, and in some of the most frequent destinations such as Sweden, Italy, Israel, France and the UK, we have partnered with local organizations and lawyers to provide a complete solution for our clients before and after the birth. Circle’s staff regularly meets with prospective clients for intake consultations in their own countries and cities, although many still conduct them over the phone.  Once they become clients, Circle’s staff leads all parents through the logistical, legal and administrative processes involved from day one, and until they gain full custody of their newborns and bring them home.

 

About the co-sponsors:

Circle Surrogacy is a full service gay owned and gay focused surrogate-parenting agency. Since 1995, Circle Surrogacy has helped bring to the world almost 200 babies. Its dedicated staff of professionals is made up of lawyers, social workers, parents through surrogacy, surrogates and past clients. 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.

Cardone Reproductive Medicine and Infertility provides individualized infertility solutions by a qualified team with over 20 years experience in the field of reproductive medicine. Our Practice welcomes the most challenging patients from around the world without regard to diagnosis, marital status and sexual orientation. Our goal is to help loving couples and individuals create a healthy family.

  About the panelists:

  • John Weltman, Esq.
    John Weltman is a partner in the law firm of Lawson & Weitzen, LLP, in Boston and the president and owner of Circle Surrogacy. Ltd., a full service surrogate-parenting agency he established 11 years ago. John was the first to establish the right of couples to get insurance coverage for gestational surrogacy in Massachusetts, and has repeatedly obtained pre-birth orders and second parent adoptions for gay couples and singles having children through surrogacy throughout the country. John and his partner of 24 years (now husband!) are each biological fathers through the same surrogate mom of their two children, Zachary and Kyle, ages 12 and 11. John was educated at Yale, Oxford and the University of Virginia.
     
  • Dr. Vito R.S. Cardone
    As the founder of Cardone Reproductive Medicine and Infertility, Dr. Vito Cardone has over 20 years experience in the field of reproductive medicine. A pioneer in the field of infertility in both the U.S. and Canada,  in 1986 Dr. Cardone founded the Montreal Fertility Institute, which was the first private practice specializing in IVF in Canada. Dr. Cardone has since founded three successful fertility clinics in the United States. Dr. Cardone received his undergraduate degree from McGill University in Montreal and his M.D. degree from Laval University in Quebec. He completed his residency in obstetrics and gynecology at McGill University. He is board-certified in obstetrics and gynecology.
     
  • Daniele Cardone, B.S.N.
    Danielle Cardone is the Egg Donor / Gestational Carrier Program Manager of Cardone Reproductive Medicine and Fertility, where she has been working for the past 20 years. She served as co-founder of the Montreal Fertility Institute; and worked in the U.S. with Dr. Cardone to establish four subsequent reproductive medicine practices. Prior to working in fertility, Daniele worked in Quebec, Canada, as a pediatric nurse at St. Sacrament Hospital and St. Justine Hospital. She holds a Collegial Diploma in Health Sciences from Canada and earned her B.S. in Health Sciences and Nursing at Laval University, also in Canada.