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Les services médicaux d'aide à la reproduction peuvent-ils justifier leur discrimination envers les couples homosexuels?

Can fertility doctors justify their intolerance of homosexual couples?

Andrologie volume 15, pages 295–299 (2005)Cite this article

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Bien qu'il existe de multiples moyens d'obtenir l'enfant désiré par les femmes homosexuelles, un nombre croissant de couples homosexuels se tournent vers les centres de médecine de la reproduction afin de réaliser des inséminations avec sperme de donneur. Cette pratique d'insémination de couples de femmes homosexuelles reste controversée dans le monde de la reproduction. Les données retrouvées dans la littérature ne démontrent aucun effet négatif sur le développement de l'enfant né au sein d'un couple homosexuel. Les seules objections à aider ces couples sont donc d'ordre purement éthique.

Abstract

Although lesbian women have a variety of ways to become mothers, an increasing number of lesbian couples attend fertility centres asking for donor insemination. The practice of inseminating lesbian couples remains a controversial topic within the reproductive medicine world. A review of the literature did not reveal harmful effects of lesbian motherhood on child development. Furthermore, this treatment is highly effective with an expected cumulative pregnancy rate of 60% after three intra-uterine inseminations with superovulation using clomifene citrate. The only objection to medically assisted procreation in these couples is therefore purely ethical. The extensive experience of the AZ-VUB Centre for Reproductive Medicine that played a pioneer role in this field, is illustrated in this article.

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  1. Clinical Eugin, Calle Entenza, 293-295, Bajos, 08029, Barcelone, Espagne

    Valérie Vernaeve & Oriol Coll

  2. Center For Reproductive Medicine, University Hospital, Dutch-speaking Brussels Free University (Vrije Universiteit Brusse), Belgique

    Patricia Baetens & Herman Tournaye

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Communication au XIIIo Séminaire de la Fédération Française des CECOS, Tours, 7–9 Avril 2005.

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Vernaeve, V., Baetens, P., Coll, O. et al. Les services médicaux d'aide à la reproduction peuvent-ils justifier leur discrimination envers les couples homosexuels?. Androl. 15, 295–299 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03034777

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