open source family
Post on 14-Sep-2014
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Robin Beers - Biz is Human, Jan Yeager - Added Value Cheskin Family, as a foundational structural unit of society, is undergoing a morphological shift enabled by scientific and technological advances that have expanded methods and pathways for reproductive success and are consequently pushing the boundaries of traditional forms. Single women and men, as well as gay and lesbian couples, are building families with the help of donor sperm, eggs, and surrogates and this “open source” approach to reproduction is creating new types of families and new types of family constructs.TRANSCRIPT
Open Source FamilyImplications for remaking and renewing notions of family
Robin Beers, PhDJan Yeager
“People are moving away from a traditional definition of family and moving towards a modern definition that includes a much greater array of living arrangements and combinations of people who call themselves a family.”Brian Powell, University of Indiana Sociologist
Should I take a break?
A long-time tryer on the Choice Mom
path is now scheduled for an embryo
donation transfer in October—and is
wondering whether the stress in the life
around her right now means she should
postpone her attempt.
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