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Gay men who want to become fathers will no longer have
to travel abroad to use IVF services via a surrogate mother, television current
affairs show De Monitor said on Tuesday.
At least two IVF clinics are to start
offering services to gay couples next year, the programme said. One in
Leiderdorp will help fertilising a surrogate mother’s own eggs while a second,
in Elsendorp, will allow couples to provide an egg from a sister or other
family member for a better genetic match.
A fertility centre in Zwolle and the
VU teaching hospital in Amsterdam are also considering offering IVF treatment
to gay couples with a surrogate. The VU is the only Dutch hospital where
heterosexual couples can try for a test-tube baby via a surrogate.
‘This is a
major step forward. This news means gay couples can become parents and gives
surrogates the support of gynaecologists,’ said Luc Nibbeling, of the
foundation Meer dan Gewenst, which supports gay parents.
Every year, several
dozen gay couples approach doctors about becoming parents, gynaecologist
Annemiek Nap told the programme.
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