re: Gay male couples face more challenges, higher costs to start a family

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Bit of a derail, but why? If all parties agree, why should the government get involved and "limit" it? (Assuming no coercion and no minors, obviously)

Or are you acknowledging that a few hetero-couples will be negatively-impacted and are willing to accept that side-effect in order to deny access to homo-couples (for whom it is essentially the only way to have kids who share your genetics).

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I believe it's a very perilous slope for humanity where people are increasingly opting to distance themselves from the human procreation process by contracting the bulk of it out to others. And of course, the woman who carries the child is ultimately (usually) entirely removed from the future life of the child. I think that's treading in very dangerous waters.

I'm not completely against surrogacy, I'm in particular open to its merits when involving family/friends. And I 100%, genuinely grieve for the women who cannot carry children. But I think we're already seeing it slip into very questionable territory. It's more and more a practice of the wealthy exploiting young women (gay and not). I don't think it's good for the culture, the child, or the exploited woman.

And yes, I'm certainly concerned about the use of surrogates for gay couples, but it's not limited to that.