Origins and originators: lesbian couples negotiating parental identities and sperm donor conception
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Origins and originators: lesbian couples negotiating parental identities and sperm donor conception.
Donor conception challenges conventional kinship idioms: the involvement of a gamete donor culturally raises questions about parentage and also the meaning of genetic heritage. Although there is now a growing body of literature exploring how people resorting to donor conception negotiate kinship and connectedness, this predominantly focuses on heterosexual couples. Little is yet known about how...
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عنوان ژورنال: Culture, Health & Sexuality
سال: 2012
ISSN: 1369-1058,1464-5351
DOI: 10.1080/13691058.2011.639392