cutlass least religious exemptions and resources should. interact with content teaching the next generation by touching. her using the channels available to inspire people to challenge. and were determined to build something here for the next generation along the environment series of global 3000 on t.w. and online. johnny and stefan are a couple now they've become proud parents too. this is rooster from state farm as soon as i met stephan i knew we could start a family together and it was such an incredible feeling to see our children for the 1st time to see him in a. fight with. us.

yet nobody feel like coming we got a lot of books from friends and neighbors and acquaintances that we looked up a few chapters like i'm sleeping and stuff like that. and we spent a lot of time talking to our midwife. and we followed our instincts lots of things just work themselves out well i live fish income all i see. every day family life and yet it's remarkable. night. johnny sister mary angela and his niece rosa supported him on his path to fatherhood. it's one of the nurture in over and work to create so 1st the embryos were created and then we met robin. that was 6 months later or and the. we

liked her right away we thought she was great and we knew we could picture going on this journey with her. again and she felt the same way so as of april 24th we knew if all goes well we'll be pregnant so. robin carried the children to term as a surrogate mother they'd been conceived in a laboratory with 2 eggs donated by a different woman and sperm from each of the fathers in germany it's against the law to donate eggs or act as a surrogate but it is allowed in california filing investments in. the process is hugely expensive especially if you want to do within the u.s. and you could probably afford your own home with that kind of money maybe not downtown but you could definitely get an apartment in a smaller city that was a one off for an apartment the common. stephan and johnny were lucky. everything went well. so never. johnny was in the operating theatre

i was outside looking through across the plains and since it was a twin bath only one of us was allowed in i said i'd be fine if i could watch through the glass and of course robin was the 1st one allowed to hold them. even because they were born we knew which baby was biologically related to them amalia and already you know both have the same model of the same egg don't know this is biologically speaking they're half siblings and i fathered one and johnny father the other. will move and. today they're expecting an important visitor robin the surrogate mother is on her way to stuttgart for the 1st time to see the family. live if the baby if. the twins are 6 months old now.

they are going to. need to do it. robin has 2 children of her own her daughter adriano came along with her. 3. i gave birth to twins because surrogacy is something i've always wanted to do and then when i met johnny and 2nd i knew they were perfect i loved being pregnant and so those are my reasons for doing it was to help john in step and. opening the. radio up of course to make money from being a surrogate. but if you boil it down to the name once they are pregnant i think they say it's less than like 3 or $4.00 an hour for 9 months so really i think i'll get a part time job at mcdonald's and make more money than i would being pregnant for 9 months and i can't imagine just going through a surrogacy for the money you make it's it's it's the whole package. saturday is

family day 1st they visit johnny's mother at the nursing home phone after suffering a cerebral haemorrhage she's only got to speak. the network also mom up with start the spectrum in full priced about mothers all mama i love being able to feed you. you fed me for years and now it's nice that it's the other way around all. this negativity in the. u.s. surrogate mothers give birth to about 6000 children a year in germany the embryo protection law forbids it even for heterosexual couples who can't conceive. critics say the ban is outdated by now plenty of couples like johnny and stefan look abroad to fulfill their wish of having their own children. the next stop is stephens parents' house in

a small town in upper swabian they are devout catholics. who got work. goes along of course all the little. home no one in. the sunday walk is a firm tradition to gay dads with their baby carriages isn't something you see every day at least not here i don't think that's what we're it wasn't easy at 1st to deal with the fact that he was just different and gay but at the end of the day is over. it's over. it's known as the holy mountain the opposite way below it's a very special place people without children go up this mountain and pray for children and maybe it works after all. we used to call up paris kids all the time when so it's a great feeling to be back here now with our own kids on the bus and like you know

from since aside from them a kid was sure 1st when they told us that they were expecting it felt strange to decide this but we accepted it and accepted the way things happened so i mean we're happy with the children are here even if the church doesn't want that because but i don't agree with that it's just me 2 children have arrived in the church needs to accept that fact they're living creatures no matter where they're from and they're here now come and i was in town it think about their 1st attempt was immediately successful i must say it looks like god means them well that's what i think you know that's right. so thinking. you know they're doing ok you and amalia might face tough questions down the road those or even hostilities. but their extended family supports them wholeheartedly stuck it out is a way of life and blow and stephanie and johnny can pass the strength on to their

children oh what houses in your book i back in stuttgart johnny and stephanie want to keep up their social ties. it's a challenge all parents face. that are waiting is not having a good day today. i. know but this is 5 you can't do it like that but you can't give him his pacifier the. most you need to take it away or he want understandings it's time to eat now. but he doesn't want to eat then let him cry. just leave them. well they were you. know. very nice all wound up you just need to go

to bed. and it. was sort of you're in a bad mood today aren't you. stefan doesn't look anything flustered him not his 1st son or use partner. it's hot and then suddenly everything's all better. order. 2 months later it's the twins' 1st birthday. is going to since just since things are a little hectic right now i've just left the office and the guests are arriving at 230. it was important to us to celebrate with our family and friends now that our little ones have been with us for a year and find you know to do it for you know stephan left the office early to make it to the party on time the twins are still in daycare. and we moved since we

have space to see 10 people. johnny's in a big fan of tablecloth and stuff like that. that's up to me all done so i suspect says. johnny and stefan share a business that means they can choose their own work hours perfect for the small family i know or. something. it looks great here. everything is ready. it looks fantastic i wish it was my birthday. it's all right it's just to orange i've been it's a positive kind of stress and i we bicker sometimes but that's just the way things are but it's all worth it when the kids come home and see everything is about what they saw everything this morning to with her and that was lovely it's sad and that's just something that takes time no matter why. and just kind of all nervous i was called guys born and i. said all right so i'm.

not allowed to. marry and soon there will be too little fuel source of the. ice so look honey she can walk. so can you. go way off. she's on tiptoe very selfish prick ok so. was her. honey on. the host families come to celebrate. i. think it was the radio julie and steph i want this to feel normal for their children they want them to understand that a family doesn't have to be a mother and a father to be full of love. and they want to keep in touch with the surrogate

mother robin she sent a special gift for the twins 1st birthday. a package from america but now robinson something look enough to go oh my. gosh. well honey through o.-i we sure 1st birthday is fun all day through from your 1st kiss to your last dream come true. there was. i did. not. know you amalia and now they are in the very best hands i am. tired oh why do you. think my * motives. that's the.

beauty. of child labor they're all coming. instead. because. the fact that because of this cut they can't go to school. around 2000000 turkish children to do the work to help support the family. what can take a. child. 3000 next.

anything. you still often hear that in many asian countries where female babies are systematically weeded out. yet there is a sure. most 200000000 women here. paradoxical population policies that originated in rich industrial nations missing women in the match the time in 45 minutes long t w. or. shift. blame the futurist guy for germany's booming capital. i love berlin the scope of the multicultural metropolis in over europe max series the battle but it's

not like the choice of the new i love peter and want to show what a certain looks like a swiss like me spices 15 nations 50 story. and 50 very personal tips on berlin's very best. book now. covering with d.w. . welcome to global 3000 here's what's coming up. what kind of weed would you like a fairly normal question in europe why were the sale and recreational consumption of marijuana is legal.