Surrogacy Daddy

We continue with the legal and administrative procedures for returning to France, after a birth via surrogacy abroad. What are the options and conditions to date to obtain a French birth certificate? And a national identity card? And how did it all go for us?

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Sources:

Décisions du 14 novembre 2024

Décisions du 02 octobre 2024

Les Nouvelles Résistances à la GPA, 10 juin 2025

59% des Français soutiennent la gestation pour autrui

La position de l’opinion publique sur la GPA

GPA : le combat emblématique du couple Mennesson

Notre GPA, Rémy Fargeas

Penser la GPA, Daniel Borillo et Thomas Perroud

Article 47 du Code Civil (révision de 2021)

Le Monde : Loi bioéthique, l’Assemblée nationale autorise la congélation des ovocytes

Médiapart: L’Assurance maladie restreint en douceles droits de familles homoparentales

APGL Circulaire anti GPA : Rupture d’égalité caractérisée !

La Servante Ecarlate, de Margaret Atwood

Femme Actuelle : Avance des frais médicaux, perte du second congé paternité : les droits des familles homoparentales par GPA ont-ils régressé cet été ?

Les Surligneurs : Christophe Beaugrand-Gerin, père d’enfants issus de GPA à l’étranger

Le Monde: « L’état de droit ça n’est pas intangible ni sacré »

APGL : Espagne : une nouvelle attaque contre les enfants nés par GPA

Le Monde : Immigration : neuf pays européens veulent affaiblir la Cour européenne des droits de l’homme

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After a brief historical and mythological overview of surrogacy, this time we dive into what the laws say about it in France. Why is surrogacy illegal? Does a child born from surrogacy abroad run any risks in France? How is filiation recognized for the biological parent and for the non-biological parent? What are the different legal procedures and options to date?

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Sources:

Ancien testament, Genèse, chapitre 16

Le code d’Hammurabi

Le code d’Hammurabi, de Béatrice André-Salvini, RMN éditions

L’empire du ventre, Marcela Iacub

Redéfinir la Gestation Pour Autrui, de Marie Dry

La filiation, état social, de Françoise Héritier, Le Monde

1 enfant sur 30 conçu par assistance médicale à la procréation en France, Elise de la Rochebrochard, 2018

GPA, données et plaidoyers, de Caroline Mecary

Convention internationale des droits de l’enfant

Association Alma Matter est dissoute

Le droit de la personnalité du mineur à l'ère numérique, Margot Musson

Le Monde: En Italie, recourir à une GPA à l’étranger est désormais passible de poursuites judiciaires

Article 312 du Code Civil (2006)

Article 316 du Code Civil (2019)

Article 310-3 du Code Civil (2006)

Article 311-25 du Code Civil

Révision de la loi de bioéthique : quelles options pour demain ? (2018)

Contestation de Paternité

Article 47 du Code Civil (révision de 2021)

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It is now time to listen to the Surrogate at the center of this story. She shares her experience, her thoughts, her emotions in a poignant and unique testimony. She also addresses a message to people who would consider becoming surrogates, to future intended parents, and to opponents of surrogacy.

A huge thank you to "Diana" for her generosity, her time, her work, and her humanity. Thank you, thank you, thank you.

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In the original French version of the podcast, this episode was published as episode 19 (with French dubbing). But why wait until the missing episodes had been translated to share such a beautiful testimony? We therefore decided to publish it right away as episode 13.

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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