Accessing medicalized donor sperm in the US and Britain: An historical narrative

Sexualities

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 205-220

  Barney, Sandra ^a  

^a LOCK HAVEN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cryobank; Donor insemination; Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA); Lesbian; Sperm bank

Indexed keywords

EID: 28444440991     PISSN: 13634607     EISSN: 14617382     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1363460705050855     Document Type: Article

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