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Hey
We are Liran and Yuval
together for 12 years!
7 years ago we got married with a big event.
Our marriage has no legality in Israel.
But we believe that every person has the right to make his dreams come true.
We're an ordinary couple. Almost like any straight, married couple.
Like any couple, we dreamed, fulfilled, hurt.
Like any couple, we adopted a dog.
And like any couple, we also dream
To start a family
But neither of us has a uterus
So after the wedding we turned to an adoption agency because so many children need a family
But in Israel, gay couples don't get to adopt children.
The rest of the world is quite the same
For a whole year we tried adopting a child from Guatemala
But got declined by the government
We thought of having a child with a single woman and raising it together
It didn't work out! we realized it's too hard for us to add a 3rd person into our relationship
5 years ago we discovered surrogacy.
Surrogacy is available only in the USA and other foreign countries
Not in Israel
So we opened our savings, got a gift from our parents and started a long and hard journey
4 years ago, after many months of flying around the world, bureaucracy and plenty of hope
Our surrogate mother got pregnant!!
It was twins
Finally, the whole journey felt like nothing and happiness was almost ours
But she had a miscarriage in the 9th week
We where broken, but we re started our journey
Our parents took loans and we started everything all over. Again, months of flying, spending money
And praying to God at night
But the 2nd pregnancy didn't catch
At this point we spent all our savings, every penny we set aside
120,000
$
Gone
Money we wanted to buy a house with
We're left with nothing, and a huge overdraft
But we didn't care
We had to find a way to raise the money
65000$ will allow us to pay a company abroad for a few fertilization attempts
We left our big apartment and rented a small one instead
But even though we make a good living, it will take us 15 years to save that amount
We're proud people (literally), we never though we'd ask for charity
But.. we want a child!
And we will do anything for him, before he comes to the world, and after
The state of Israel castrates us with unequal laws
She makes thousands of couples go through expensive procedures out of state
So whoever isn't rich, can't have children
We want a child!
We've been living that wish for 6 years
So much that it hurts in our bones everyday
And we have nothing more to do
This movie talks in slides because it's too hard for us to say it out loud
Please
Please help us
We have nothing to offer in return, other than knowing that you helped bring a soul into the world
Every person has the right to his own family
Spread this video
Help us and thousands of other couples in the same situation
we're just asking to start a family
With Gods help
And with yours
Thank you