Surrogacy: A Family Frontier

Surrogacy: A Family Frontier

Dustin Lance Black, the Oscar-winning screenwriter and activist, explores attitudes towards surrogacy. He shares his own journey to have a child, with husband Tom Daley, through surrogacy. Lance explores the personal, scientific, financial and legal aspects of surrogacy. He talks to women who are surrogates, hears the experiences of straight and gay intended parents who have built a family via surrogacy and raises concerns about the current surrogacy laws in the UK. He asks ‘why are some people uncomfortable with surrogacy?’. Lance meets anti-surrogacy campaigners and visits one of the US’s leading reproductive clinics in California which specialises in surrogacy and has clients from all over the world. A six-part podcast series for BBC Radio 5 Live.

Episodes

December 20, 2018 31 mins

Dustin Lance Black, the Oscar-winning screenwriter and activist, explores attitudes towards gay parents and surrogacy. He shares his own journey to have a child, with husband Tom Daley.

He explores attitudes towards same sex parenting in the UK and questions whether prejudice is part of the reason why some people are uncomfortable with surrogacy?

Producer: Jane Andrews

Mixed by: Rob Green

Editor: Tracy Williams

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Oscar winning screenwriter and activist Dustin Lance Black explores whether children born through surrogacy should have the right to know their surrogate mum and egg donor.

He shares his own journey to have a child with husband, Tom Daley.

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December 12, 2018 29 mins

Dustin Lance Black raises concerns about the current surrogacy laws in the UK.

He questions whether the existing UK surrogacy laws are fit for purpose and asks what needs to change to keep intended parents and surrogates safe.

He shares his own journey to become the legal parent of his son, with husband Tom Daley.

Producer: Jane Andrews

Mixed by: Rob Green

Editor: Tracy Williams

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December 12, 2018 38 mins

Dustin Lance Black talks to surrogates about why they decided to carry and give birth to a baby for someone else.

He also speaks to one of the world’s leading voices against surrogacy and shares his own journey to have a child, with his husband Tom Daley, through surrogacy.

Producer: Jane Andrews

Mixed by: Rob Green

Editor: Tracy Williams

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December 6, 2018 37 mins

Dustin Lance Black examines the different paths to surrogacy intended parents can take in the UK and California.

Producer: Jane Andrews Mixed by: Rob Green Editor: Tracy Williams

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December 6, 2018 33 mins

Dustin Lance Black speaks to gay and straight parents who’ve used surrogacy to build their family.

Producer: Jane Andrews Mixed by: Rob Green Editor: Tracy Williams

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December 5, 2018 1 min

Oscar-winning screenwriter and activist Dustin Lance Black explores attitudes towards surrogacy, sharing his own journey to have a child, with husband Tom Daley, through surrogacy

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