'I don't want US to stand out more than we already do': Lesbian couples negotiating family connections in donor conception

Sexualities

Volumn 15, Issue 5-6, 2012, Pages 644-661

  Nordqvist, Petra ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

'families of choice'; 'race'; Donor conception; family connections; lesbian

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866688056     PISSN: 13634607     EISSN: 14617382     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1363460712446271     Document Type: Article

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