“I wanted to have a child for a long time. We really started the process two years ago”explains Arnaud, 43, one of Esteban’s two fathers. “The adoption process was spontaneously what came to mind since it is ethnically less disturbing. The information we had on surrogacy was often particularly against speech”notes Frédéric, 43, his companion.
The couple then met people who had a child through surrogacy and women who had volunteered, and decided to go for it. “We did it in the United States where it is extremely framed but there are countries where it is more complicated. I hope that we will put the debate back on the table in France”emphasizes Arnaud.
Concern for their son’s future
Frédéric himself says he was very involved in political life in the past, but he has lost interest since the “Sarkozy years”: “Macron is tasteless, the left is pathetic. Le Pen and Zemmour… We are completely on the left here and we are sorry to see this left that fits into this model of ego battle”.
The subjects of particular concern to the couple are health, ecology and education. “It’s a disaster in the public, lack of resources and no consideration for the teachers, laments Arnaud. I don’t know if it’s better in the private sector, but we wonder where we will put Esteban after primary school. “.
Even if he is less interested in politics than before, Frédéric has every intention of going to the polls: “By voting, I feel like my voice counts. When we learned about Taubira, we said to ourselves that it would finally be a vote of conviction. She brings light and a vision of society more than shocking sentences”.
” My voice account is a series of reports that give citizens a voice. The franceinfo channel 27 reporting teams crisscrossed the territories to meet the French people in order to question them about their concerns and expectations vis-à-vis politics and in particular presidential candidates.