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Publication Date: 2004-Jul
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"It Wasn't 'Let's Get Pregnant and Go Do It':" Decision Making in Lesbian Couples Planning Motherhood via Donor Insemination
Chabot, Jennifer M.; Ames, Barbara D.
Family Relations, v53 n4 p348-356 Jul 2004
The process that lesbian couples experienced in using donor insemination (DI) to become parents was examined in this study through interviews of 10 lesbians. Using a decision-making framework embedded in feminist theory, results identified the major decisions involved that conceptualized the transition to parenthood and describe how these decisions were experienced.
Descriptors: Donors, Feminism, Homosexuality, Decision Making, Pregnancy, Females, Family Planning, Birth
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