“Maybe We Can't Actually Have it All?” Egg Freezing, Solo Motherhood by Donor Conception and Intimate Desires and Normativity in a Late Modern Nordic Welfare State
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DOI: 10.1080/08038740.2024.2352354
Abstract: ABSTRACT In this article I discuss the accounts of middle-class women in their 30s living in Norway, who face choices between egg freezing or solo motherhood by donor conception. I show that the women sought… read more here.
Keywords: family; freezing solo; donor conception; motherhood donor ... See more keywords
P–508 The relational self in fertility decision-making: Chinese lesbians exploring donor conception and biological ties
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DOI: 10.1093/humrep/deab130.507
Abstract: How does the cultural importance attached to biological family ties shape Chinese lesbians’ decision-making processes regarding whether and how to have children? The cultural significance of biological ties shapes Chinese lesbians’ fertility decisions, including those… read more here.
Keywords: chinese lesbians; biological ties; donor conception; decision making ... See more keywords
Does donor conception violate human dignity?
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DOI: 10.1111/bioe.13081
Abstract: The moral acceptability of anonymous gamete donation remains contested. Although the view that the value of parent-child relationships should not depend on genetic ties is "nearly axiomatic" among philosophers and bioethicists, one well-known dissenter remains:… read more here.
Keywords: donor conception; human dignity; conception violate; violate human ... See more keywords
Origin Stories in Donor-Conception: Helping Families to Promote Autobiographical Memories and Identity Development in Their Children.
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DOI: 10.1111/famp.70090
Abstract: Family therapists, fertility counselors, and professionals working with children and donor-conceived families may benefit from a deeper understanding of their conversational processes of origin storytelling-particularly the less examined question of how to talk about donor… read more here.
Keywords: autobiographical memories; donor conceived; memories identity; identity ... See more keywords
Fatherlessness, sperm donors and ‘so what?’ parentage: arguing against the immorality of donor conception through ‘world literature’
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DOI: 10.1136/medhum-2021-012328
Abstract: Is biology and knowing biological ancestral information essential to the construction of identity? Bioethicist James David Velleman believes this is the case and argues that donor gamete conception is immoral because a portion of genetic… read more here.
Keywords: donor conception; family; world literature; donor ... See more keywords
The Presentation of Donor Conception in Young Adult Fiction
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DOI: 10.1177/0192513x19868751
Abstract: Using a thematic analysis, this study examines the presentation of donor conception in 30 books of fiction written for young adults. Most of the donor-conceived characters in these books live in single mother families, the… read more here.
Keywords: conception; presentation donor; donor conception; children living ... See more keywords