From whence we came : sex without reproduction meets reproduction without sex -- "Real lesbians don't have kids" or do they? getting ready for lesbian motherhood -- Choosing a donor : gaining, securing, and seeking legitimacy -- Negotiating conception : lesbians' hybrid-technology practices -- Going high-tech : infertility expertise and lesbian reproductive practices -- Affinity ties as kinship device -- Imagining futures of belonging
Summary
Examines the medical, social, and legal dimensions of the use of assisted reproductive technologies by lesbian women
