Law firm offers to fund surrogate mothers or IVF treatment for staff
A law firm has offered to fund surrogate mothers for staff wanting to start a family as part of a £45,000 package of fertility care measures. The perk will cover not just IVF or egg-freezing treatment but also ‘gestational carriers’ as the country’s top law firms rush to provide pioneering medical benefits and to show their credentials as employers committed to diversity. The offer to London-based solicitors employed by Cooley will see employees, including single men and women and gay couples, subsidised to have children, even to the point of surrogate mothers bearing their offspring.Â...