Day 1,465: surrogacy

Combined with egg and sperm freezing, donation and surrogacy, ivf has given many, including same-sex couples and singletons, a path to parenthood where they had none.

Making babymaking better

Artwork of the day 
Baby in His Mother`s arms, sucking his finger
Mary Cassatt
Date: 1889
Style: Impressionism
Genre: genre painting
Media: pastel

Word of the day 
surrogacy: the action of a woman having a baby for another woman who is unable to do so herself

Quote of the day
“It is no longer unusual for people who choose surrogacy, gay adoption, IVF, international and domestic adoption, fostering, and childlessness to live side by side and quietly judge each other. We can all live in peace thinking our way is the best way and everything else is cuckoo.”
― Amy Poehler, Yes Please