The German lesbian family study: Planning for parenthood via donor insemination

Journal of GLBT Family Studies

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 351-395

  Herrmann Green, Lisa K ^a,b   Gehring, Thomas M ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

^c Swiss Federal Ministry of Defense   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Lesbian co parenting; Lesbian family formation; Lesbian parenting; Planned parenthood; Sperm donor insemination

Indexed keywords

EID: 58149202695     PISSN: 1550428X     EISSN: 15504298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J461v03n04_02     Document Type: Article

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