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by garlic joy on March 22nd, 2005

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What options and support is available for two lesbians wanting to conceive, carry and raise a child together?

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  • by AB-BrazenGirl on November 19th, 2005

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    Wow, I can't believe some of these answers. Some options include:

    1. Sperm bank of course. There are plenty of decent places that have a lengthy but through process of interviewing you, the donors, and providing counseling...sometimes up to a year or a more.

    2. Asking a gay, or straight, male friend to be a donor. You can ask him to be active in the child's life or not...it's up to all involved. You can ask him to sign legal paperwork where he can give up all responsibilities for the child if that's what everyone agrees on.

    3. You will have to consult a lawyer if the non-biological parent wants to have legal claims to the child. Some states allow the non-biological parent to legally adopt the child...other states will require that special paperwork be drawn up to protect the non-biological parents if the biological parent might die or whatnot...

    You must speak to the family members of both sides to make sure they neither will fight for custody of the child in court if the biological parent dies someday. It's an ugly thought...but it is something to consider before bringing a child into this homophobic world.

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  • by Exsterminator on August 23rd, 2005

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    They can go to a very good scientist who's interested in that kind of stuff.
    In the mean time I'd reccomend going to a sperm bank. Just because its not blood doesn't mean that the baby is not theirs.

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  • by redcatt63 is around here somewhere...... on October 25th, 2007

    redcatt63 is around here somewhere......

    My partner and I don't have children, but we have quite a few lesbian friends who do. One couple had a male friend who was a sperm donor, and another couple actually used a sperm bank and had artificial insemination. they all had very healthy, happy children. if neither is a candidate for that, there is also surrogacy and adoption options as well.

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  • by Saddened on June 3rd, 2005

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    adoption. There is NO way for two lesbians or two anythings of the same sex to concieve, that's why there are two... ?! There are three things that are possible but will cause more problems than answers though.

    Have Lesbian A's brother (it works better if your a fraturnal twin) have sex with Lesbian B. Upside: this is cheap and will yeild the best offspring. Downside: the kid will be its own cousin and be very confused, if you can see my point.

    go to a sperm bank: but then its not your child, its just one persons child

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    find a rogue doctor in the field of genetics. but that cost A LOT OF MONEY, and its still very much illegal in most countries.

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  • by missingu24 on October 25th, 2007

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    the answers underneath prity much cover it and the child should have a male fıgue to wether its your a dad or ur brother

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  • by Kiso77 on September 19th, 2005

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    A crude yet effective method is to have a man donate sperm to the couple and have it injected home injection. (eg; a turkey baster for example. Crude yet effective and much cheaper than going to a conception specialist)

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  • by Anonymous on August 24th, 2009

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    you could use a sperm bank, of course.
    you could ask a very close friend to help (a male of course)

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  • by Candygirl on November 20th, 2008

    Candygirl

    You always have the option of being with a man and having a baby!!!! Why should two lesbians be able to adopt a child if a single woman can not. In a lesbian relationship there still isn't a man so do tell me what is the difference??

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  • by kissnchicks on November 9th, 2005

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    There have been sucessful tests on mice in which the scientists take the DNA from an egg cell in one mouse, and insert it into the egg cell of another mouse. the egg cell has a complete set of DNA and it starts dividing making a baby mouse, a female of corse.

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