Gay men seeking surrogacy to achieve parenthood

Reproductive BioMedicine Online

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 271-279

  Norton, Wendy ^a   Hudson, Nicky ^a   Culley, Lorraine ^a  

^a DE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

assisted reproduction technology; gay fathers; gay parenting; gender roles; surrogacy

Indexed keywords

ADOPTION; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; BISEXUALITY; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CITIZENSHIP; CONFERENCE PAPER; DECISION MAKING; FAMILY FUNCTIONING; FATHER; HUMAN; IMMIGRATION; INFERTILITY THERAPY; KNOWLEDGE BASE; LEGAL ASPECT; LESBIAN; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; OOCYTE; PARENTHOOD; PATERNITY; PREGNANCY; PROSTITUTION; SEXUAL ORIENTATION; SOCIAL NETWORK; SPERM DONOR;

ASSISTED REPRODUCTION TECHNOLOGY; GAY FATHERS; GAY PARENTING; GENDER ROLES; SURROGACY;

HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; PARENTING; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES, ASSISTED; SURROGATE MOTHERS;

EID: 84883823096     PISSN: 14726483     EISSN: 14726491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rbmo.2013.03.016     Document Type: Conference Paper

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