Last week I had the privilege of
meeting Zhang Zheng who is the visionary founder and boss of NestGene. NestGene is a business that helps people in
China become parents. Quite simply, the
quality of IVF services in China is highly variable from very good to not so
good and the primary work that NestGene does is to help infertile Chinese couples
undertake IVF in China.
For gay couples and single men in
China, however, relief isn’t there. This
is because whilst surrogacy occurs underground in China, it is against the code of
practice of doctors to engage in surrogacy.
Therefore, for single men and gay couples who want to become parents
through surrogacy and to do so in an open, transparent and legal way, they need
to undertake surrogacy elsewhere, for example, in the United States.
NestGene helps these intended
parents as well as many heterosexual couples, undertake surrogacy.
Given the rapid growth seen in the
last couple of years with the number of Chinese intended parents undertaking
surrogacy in the US, it is likely that these numbers will greatly increase –
with the increased prosperity in China and in particular the rise of the middle
class and the knowledge that no longer do those who want to become parents have
to suffer in silence but can instead do something about it.
It was a wonderful meeting with
Zhang, and I hope that next time I will be able to spend more time with him!
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