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Colton Underwood: I Thought The Bachelor Would Make Me Straight “I Prayed To God”
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Going Through Surrogacy in the USA
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Colton unpacks the legal landscape of same-sex family building in the US with striking specificity. He cites Family Equality's finding that 13 states still permit open discrimination against same-sex couples in adoption [1] — Colton Underwood "In 13 US states it's still legal to refuse same-sex couples in adoption. Colton and Jordan navigated two-plus years of surrogacy, birth cer…" 1:21:43 . He describes birth certificates listing a surrogate or egg donor as a parent, nurses refusing to admit both fathers, and the enormous financial burden — most insurance still does not cover IVF. In California, he and Jordan were able to list 'Parent 1' and 'Parent 2,' a detail that felt small but mattered enormously on the day Bishop was born. His central argument: the deliberateness and cost of the surrogacy process is itself a testament to the quality of the parents who undertake it.
In 13 US states it's still legal to refuse same-sex couples in adoption. Colton and Jordan navigated two-plus years of surrogacy, birth certificates listing wrong parents, and nurses refusing entry — and Colton argues the sheer intentionality of the process proves gay parents' commitment before day one.
Colton and Jordan began the surrogacy process before their wedding and it took approximately two to two-and-a-half years before their son Bishop was born.
In 13 US states it is still legal to openly discriminate against same-sex couples seeking to adopt, according to the organisation Family Equality.
