• Center for Surrogate Parenting (CSP) is the first center in the world to help a same-sex couple in 1989. Sensible Surrogacy also supports same-sex couples. They believe that regardless of the gender of your partner, everyone who wants to be a parent should be able to have a child. • In general, religious and conservative groups tend to be opposed to surrogacy and consider it to be “anti-life....

Evidence for a relation between neuroticism and religion is scarce and inconsistent. The aims of the present study were to determine the association of religious upbringing with adult neuroticism scores and to examine the effect of religious upbringing on the heritability of neuroticism. As part of a longitudinal survey of twin families from the Netherlands Twin Register, data were collected on...

Background: The tendency for female sex workers to seek health care is highly influenced by physician attitudes and behavior. By identifying medical students' attitudes toward female sex workers and assessing their knowledge of barriers to seeking care, we can focus medical training and advocacy efforts to increase access to care and improve public health outcomes. Methods: In this cross-sectio...

BACKGROUND Although prior research indicates that religious and spiritual coping is associated with positive health outcomes, few studies have examined religious and spiritual coping among patients with emphysema. OBJECTIVE To describe the utilization of religious and spiritual coping and its relationship to quality of life among patients with emphysema, in a 2-year longitudinal follow-up st...

OBJECTIVES To assess acceptability of parents/guardians of adolescents towards the introduction of sex and reproductive health education in the community and schools. METHODS A multi-stage random sampling technique was used to get 150 participants for this study. A structured questionnaire was used to interview the sampled participants and was supplemented with guided focus group discussion i...

The transmission of religious affiliation is analyzed in a sample of 3810 Australian twin pairs and their parents. Twins were classified by sex, zygosity, and whether they were living together or apart. Analysis of twin, spousal, and parent-offspring resemblance shows that several different forms of cultural inheritance operate jointly in the transmission of religious affiliation. Model-fitting...

background: available evidence shows that religious attitudes have noticeable effects on all aspects of human life. the purpose of this study was to evaluate religious attitude of freshmen at school of health, isfahan university of medical sciences (isfahan, iran). methods: in a descriptive, cross-sectional study in 2010, religious attitude of 200 students was assessed by a reliable and valid r...

Background: Spirituality forms major parts of human life. Sexual need is one of the natural instincts and it is in dimension of spiritual needs, and neglecting it causes family and social problems. Sexual education is weak in our country and must be conform to religious beliefs. Aim: Determining the effect of religious-based sex education on sexual function of married women Methods: This single...