Surrogacy Quotes

“It took three years from talking about it, to meeting with Wendie Wilson-Miller from 'Gifted Journeys' Surrogacy, to finding the right doctor, to doing the egg retrieval and finding the right surrogate.”

“When an actress opts for surrogacy, people think that we are figure-conscious. But that's not true. I know how hard it was for me.”

“When money is exchanged for pregnancy, some believe, surrogacy comes close to organ-selling, or even baby-selling.”

“Surrogacy used to be difficult, because the woman that was carrying the child was biologically related to the child. And sometimes you can still do it that way, but you do not have to do it that way anymore.”

“Being a mother comes first for me. Before my husband, before this surrogacy crusade, before myself. I don't see myself as particularly strong.”

“What's beautiful about the journey of surrogacy is that relationship you build with your surrogate, when it's done in places with good law. These aren't women you stop speaking to once your child is born, this is someone who's part of your family.”

“I had my twins via surrogacy, so I didn't have that experience of breastfeeding.”

“For people who have fertility issues - and certainly gay men have fertility issues - there's several options for having a child and surrogacy was one of them.”

“We went online to surrogacy agencies. We interviewed lots of people - and I have to say, with all due respect, some of them were freaks. I was very leery of the process the whole way through.”

“People can be so judgmental about surrogacy. They think you're rich because you're getting a surrogate. Or you're doing it to keep your body intact.”

“I love that Tom Daley's talking about surrogacy.”

“If you had told me in 1984 when we graduated and people were dying of AIDS that 30 years later I'd be legally married and we would have two children via surrogacy, I wouldn't have believed you.”

“A lot of people have been asking me questions about IVF and surrogacy, and I'm glad that I can be a mouthpiece to that.”

“By limiting access to surrogacy based on flimsy and exclusionary criteria, the government may just give rise to a mushrooming black market.”

“Yes, the state must intervene to prevent the exploitation of poor Indian women who are enticed or coerced into surrogacy, as well as to protect the rights of surrogate children. However, it should also be empathetic to individuals with alternative lifestyles who are well within their legal and human rights to demand access to surrogacy services.”

“I'm not perfect. I've made mistakes. I'd do a lot of things different if I could. I'd never, ever, get involved with surrogacy again. It's so weird.”

“I told my family just a month before kids were born and I had to explain to them what surrogacy was. They read up about it and they said, 'it's your kid, obviously we are excited.'”

“I would rather do surrogacy before adopting. If I can't do it, I'd rather find someone who would do it for me.”

“The government must adopt a rights-based approach that speaks to the needs and aspirations of surrogate mothers, children born out of surrogacy, and all individuals who want access to altruistic surrogacy services.”

“I've always wanted, notionally, to be a mother. And I was certain I would be, because everyone I know, gay or straight, married or single, rich or not so much, who truly wants to have a child figures out a way, some way, to have one - whether through adoption, fostering, surrogacy, fertility, accident, or persistence.”