BACKGROUND: Findings are presented of the second phase of a longitudinal study of solo - mother families created
through donor insemination (DI).
The study, led by University of California, San Francisco psychiatrist Nanette Gartrell, included 78 kids conceived
through donor insemination and raised by lesbian mothers.
Originally published on The Seattle Lesbian The Arizona Court of Appeals, Division Two held Tuesday that Suzan McLaughlin is a legal parent of the son she and her former same - sex spouse conceived
through donor insemination and raised together before the couple separated.
Or, like Waldstein, they conceive
through donor insemination.
Even though all states now recognize that married same - sex parents who have children
through donor insemination are both parents to their children, a recent New York court decision highlights in detail why second - parent adoptions are still necessary.
Some were intentional LGBT families, created
through donor insemination or adoption.
It applies whether the child is conceived naturally or
through donor insemination, or via a surrogacy arrangement.
Not exact matches
A child conceived from artificial
insemination by
donor does not face the same situation as would a child having no biological and genetic father at all, but perhaps there are important similarities that could be uncovered
through research.
Under a section dealing with assisted reproduction (
through IVF or artificial
insemination), a sperm
donor is not regarded as the father.
Because only the intended father (or a sperm
donor) contributes genetic material, the pregnancy can be achieved
through artificial
insemination (a procedure that allows sperm to be inserted directly into the fallopian tubes, cervix, or the uterus of the woman who will carry the child).
In a recent case in 2012, the state of Kansas pursued a known
donor (where the child was conceived
through at - home
insemination) for child support when the child's mother (in a same - sex relationship) applied for government assistance for the child — despite the fact that the known
donor had signed a written agreement with the intended parents stating that he would not be a legal parent of the child.
In this case, pregnancy occurred
through artificial
insemination with semen from stallions other than those exposed to the females; thus, the effect was driven by physical exposure of the mares to «stimulus» males, rather than by the genetic similarity of the
donors.
Now that the online TTC community knows her story has a happy ending (she just gave birth to her second son), it's a little easier to read Julie's account of five IVF cycles, two intrauterine
insemination (IUI) cycles, a premature baby, HELLP syndrome, and a pregnancy achieved
through donor eggs.