Gay male couples face more challenges, higher costs to start a family
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Gay male couples often face an expensive journey to parenthood, with surrogacy or adoption their primary choices. Workplace fertility benefits often fall short.
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The Changing Reality of the American Family - Center for American Progress
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LGBT parenting - Wikipedia
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Brian A. Levine, MD, MS, FACOG on LinkedIn: #heartbreaking #gay #families
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An abortion ban made them teen parents. This is life two years later. - Washington Post
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