Growing Generations Announces Surrogacy Program for Men with HIV

LOS ANGELES, June 3 /PRNewswire/ -- Growing Generations, the nation's
largest surrogacy agency, has launched a new program that provides surrogacy
and egg donation services to men with HIV and allows them to use their own
sperm to create biological families.
The new program is made possible due to advances in technology that can
test semen for the virus as well as the implementation of recent California
legislation enacted in January that provides the opportunity to use semen from
someone with HIV for assisted reproduction. The company already has five cases
of men with HIV working with egg donors and surrogates, and expects the number
to grow as more people become aware of the availability of the service.
"We are pleased that science and legislation have come together to provide
a safe and reasonable approach on this issue," Growing Generations President
Gail Taylor said. "As we have been since our founding in 1996, we are
committed to assisting individuals who have not always been embraced by the
mainstream in creating loving homes for very wanted children. This includes
gay men, single parents and now people with HIV."
Participants in Growing Generations' new program go through the same
process as other clients with the addition of an extensive screening and
preparation process for the sperm. Many men with HIV show no material trace of
the virus in their semen.
"We have known for many years that with proper medication and care, people
with HIV can live long and healthy lives," Taylor added. "Now, they can also
make what is the ultimate life choice for many people and create their own
biologically connected family."
To learn more about Growing Generations, please visit
http://www.growinggenerations.com.
About Growing Generations, LLC
Growing Generations is an organization passionately dedicated to the
vision of creating life and, in the process, changing the world. The
companies' mission is simple -- to build families of choice around the world
through surrogacy, egg donation and sperm donation. The company is a
recognized leader in providing services to a wide range of family types
including gay and lesbian, heterosexual, single, and persons with HIV.
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Erica Bowers of Growing Generations, LLC, +1-323-965-7500, Fax,
+1-323-965-0900, erica@growinggenerations.com