Lesbian intra-partner oocyte donation: A possible shake-up in the Garden of Eden?

Human Fertility

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 217-222

  Woodward, Bryan J ^a   Norton, Wendy J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b DE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ethics; Lesbians; Oocyte donation; Recipient; Reproductive law

Indexed keywords

ADOPTION; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; CHILD PARENT RELATION; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; INFERTILITY; LAW; LESBIAN; MEDICAL ETHICS; OOCYTE DONATION; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; REVIEW; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SPERM DONOR; UNITED KINGDOM;

FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HOMOSEXUALITY, FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OOCYTE DONATION; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 33845875738     PISSN: 14647273     EISSN: 17428149     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14647270600787302     Document Type: Review

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