Michael Bergen and Michael Aki, a gay American couple who got married in 2004 and work as graphic designers in Massachusetts, decided to try surrogacy in India after they waited unsucessfully for three years to adopt a child in the U.S. To hire a surrogate, "we looked at Panama and the Ukraine, " recalls 39-year-old Mr. Bergen.
There are also many stories that encapsulate our society and culture at this very moment -- from the first openly gay couple being able to adopt in Florida, to the innumerable amount of people struggling with obesity, to the increasing number of parents raising autistic children.
It should be noted, however, that Scotland could in the future vote to adopt the euro if it becomes in their interest to do so.
Those opposing the production of foie gras have succeeded in getting California to adopt a law that will make it illegal to serve or produce in 2012.
First, as a condition of receiving access to Title I funds, we will ask all states to put in place a plan to adopt and certify standards that are college and career-ready in reading and math.
Last month, the Louisiana sheriffs public pension fund became the first in the nation to adopt such an approach in the form of a terror-free investment policy.
Across the system financial incentives are built in to encourage services to adopt good practice from offering smoking cessation through to ensuring hip and knee patients are seen quickly.
His would-be parents in New York have had just five brief visits since they signed on to adopt him in 2008, yet they refuse to abandon the quest.
Some analysts said that Arizona was compelled to adopt the amendments in reaction to a growing movement among civil rights activists and others to launch an economic boycott of the state.
Tom Mansell, from the RNLI, said trustees had "agreed in principle to adopt the Portishead and Bristol lifeboat" from the trust.
The nation's lower house approved a marriage bill, which would also give same-sex couples the right to adopt, in a 331-to-225 final vote.
But when asked about specific actions an Obama administration might adopt in response to the situation in Georgia, the speakers revealed little of substance.
Decision makers need scientifically credible and independent information that takes into account the complex relationships between biodiversity, ecosystem services, and people in order to adopt and implement adequate policies.
Which is why their solution was, in 1883, to adopt the solution which had first been worked out in England in 1840, was nationally adopted by 1848 and was made the law of the land in 1880.
Aguirre took his concerns to Congress in May, and the issue exploded in the headlines during the summer, just as the SEC was looking at whether to adopt new rules to rein in the activities of hedge funds.
South Korean rivals have been quicker to invest in new ideas, to adopt new technologies, and to pay their suppliers.
In the foreword, the government says it wants to create an environment in which people are encouraged to adopt healthy lifestyles.
It's resulted in over 40 states changing their laws to adopt to best practices in education.
He urged Mr Osborne to reverse or mitigate the planned cuts in capital spending and to adopt the other economic policies being pursued by the Scottish government.
Jim Quigley: The framework maps out eight different managerial archetypes to help leaders think deeply about how their companies create value in the market and then adopt managerial behaviors to help their people act "as one" in achieving and exceeding their goals.
Indeed, immigration leaders in a dozen other states have since adopted similar compacts, encouraging elected leaders to adopt a reasonable approach to immigration reform in their own communities.
Before her career in television, she worked as an attorney in New York City representing foster parents in the family court system who wished to adopt the children in their care.
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Reforms to the taxation, healthcare, pension, and social welfare systems helped Slovakia consolidate its budget and get on track to join the EU in 2004 after a period of relative stagnation in the early and mid 1990s and to adopt the euro in January 2009.
What are your concerns, if any, with a voluntary program that enables the federal government and the private sector to develop, in coordination, best cybersecurity practices for companies to adopt as they so choose, as outlined in the Cybersecurity Act of 2012?
When the Convention for the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions came into force in 2007, for this first time in modern history, the right of states to adopt policies to protect and promote their cultural expressions was affirmed in an international legal instrument.
It may be argued that the prevailing economic condition is partially to blame for this, as businesses continue to adopt the crowdsourcing business model in order to access cheap and free labor.
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The support comes as Nepal recently adopted a national culture policy, which strongly focuses on its rich and diverse living heritage and on the need to adopt concrete measures to safeguarding in this regard.
Wales will become the first place in the UK to adopt the opt out system.
But payment networks and technology companies face an uphill battle in encouraging consumers to adopt such services.
Is it asking too much of religious and political leaders in Muslim communities to adopt a similar attitude?
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