Excluding lesbian and single women? An analysis of U.S. fertility clinic websites

Johnson, Katherine M.

doi:10.1016/j.wsif.2012.05.002

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“…LGBQ people face social discrimination in the absence of prohibitive laws, for instance when pursuing adoption or donor insemination, that may impact their ability to become a parent (e.g., Davis 2013;Johnson 2012;Ryan and Cash 2004;Ryan and Whitlock 2007;Shelley-Sirici and Ciano-Boyce 2002). Some of the experiences in institutional interactions may also persist despite legal equality.…”

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Law and LGBQ-Parent Families

Kazyak

Woodell

2016

Sexuality & Culture

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This paper addresses how the law affects LGBQ-parent families. We first outline the legal landscape that LGBQ parents face in the US, underscoring that it varies drastically by state and creates inequity for families. Reviewing existing social science research, we then address how the law affects three processes for LGBQ people: desiring parenthood, becoming a parent, and experiencing parenthood. Our review indicates that the law affects if and how LGBQ people become parents.LGBQ people consider the law as they make decisions about whether to pursue adoption, donor insemination, or surrogacy and often view the latter two pathways as the most legally secure. Further, the law continues to be salient for LGBQ parents throughout parenthood and affects family well-being. Specifically, legal inequity diminishes parent's well-being, the relationship among couples who are parenting, and parents' ability to effectively advocate for their children in institutional settings like healthcare contexts. Finally, we address directions for future research for scholars interested in the law, family processes and outcomes, and LGBQ families.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

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Law and LGBQ-Parent Families

Kazyak

Woodell

2016

Sexuality & Culture

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“…With a heteronormative understanding around parenting, medical clinics often (unconsciously) marginalise lesbian women from their services. For instance, many clinics do not explicitly advertise or promote their services to lesbian women, and they often prescribe their standardised infertility treatments to lesbian women who are not physically/functionally infertile (Bell ; Johnson ). Given the non‐clinical alternatives and significant barriers faced by lesbian women seeking parenting, why do they seek medical solutions for their reproduction?…”

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“…Given the absence of coverage, there is little direct‐to‐consumer advertising and corporate manoeuvring around ARTs. This is especially true for lesbian women, with few clinics explicitly advertising their services for that population (Johnson ).…”

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The gas that fuels the engine: Individuals’ motivations for medicalisation

Bell

2017

Sociology Health & Illness

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It is well established that the drivers of medicalisation have shifted alongside changes in the institution of medicine. The process of medicalisation is no longer incited by macro processes of institutional prestige or control; rather, individual patients/consumers are pushing the process forward. The present study complicates this neat transition and examines the relationship between structure and agency using the case of assisted reproductive technology (ART), specifically the medicalisation of lesbian reproduction in the US. I explore individuals' influence on and motivations towards medicalisation through 24 in-depth interviews with women in same-sex relationships who had ever attempted to become pregnant. In centring on their experiences, I find that while individual consumers may now propel medicalisation forward, oftentimes consumers' motivations for doing so reside in the prestige and control of medicine. In other words, consumers now seek medicalisation precisely because of the process's previous institutional drivers. In exploring what fuels the engine of medicalisation, the findings reveal its nuance and complexity.

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“…Bergmann, 2012;Inhorn y Birembaum-Carmeli, 2008). En lo relativo al ámbito médico, distintos estudios han puesto de manifiesto la preferencia que existe hacia las parejas heterosexuales como legítimas beneficiarias de esta tecnología reproductiva (Johnson, 2012;Tasker, 2013). En el caso español destaca el documento: Criterios para la utilización de los recursos del Sistema Nacional de Salud en la aplicación de las técnicas de reproducción humana asistida, firmado en el año 2002 por especialistas de la materia.…”

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La maternidad en parejas de mujeres: reformulando el parentesco heteronormativo y biologicista

Bernardo

2017

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ResumenLa maternidad en las parejas de mujeres desafía dos de los principios sobre los que se articula la construcción del parentesco occidental: la heteronormatividad y el énfasis de los vínculos biológicos. El objetivo de este trabajo es conocer cómo afrontan la maternidad estas parejas dentro de unos esquemas tan restrictivos y excluyentes. Se desarrolló una investigación cualitativa basada en la realización de entrevistas semi-estructuradas a 28 mujeres que habían sido madres dentro de una relación de pareja del mismo sexo. Se concluye que las parejas que desean acceder a la maternidad deben sortear una serie de barreras asociadas a la construcción heteronormativa y biologicista del parentesco.Palabras clave: Maternidad; parejas de mujeres; parentesco; heteronormatividad; biología AbstractMotherhood in female same-sex couples challenges two important aspects in the construction of western parenthood: on the one hand, heteronormativity; and on the other, the emphasis on biological ties. The aim of this work is to analise how these families confront their motherhood attending to such restrictive and exclusive situations. Qualitative research, based on semi-structured interviews, was conducted with 28 women who had planned their motherhood in a same-sex relationship. It may be concluded that female same-sex couples have to face some obstacles that are related to the heteronormative and biological construction of parenthood.

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Excluding lesbian and single women? An analysis of U.S. fertility clinic websites

Cited by 33 publications

References 37 publications

Law and LGBQ-Parent Families

Law and LGBQ-Parent Families

The gas that fuels the engine: Individuals’ motivations for medicalisation

La maternidad en parejas de mujeres: reformulando el parentesco heteronormativo y biologicista

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