Abstract
LGBTQ+ individuals and couples who want children negotiate systemic inequalities in the United States of America. This literature review surveys America’s confusing legal map and the gaps in its enduring scholarly theories. The paper then examines the challenges that LGBTQ+ individuals and couples confront in working through the common pathways—same-gender adoption and fostering, in vitro fertilization, and surrogacy—to become parents. Dispersing information on the pathways will be a positive step towards breaking down the inequities for those in the LGBTQ+ community who want to start a family.
Recommended Citation
Inger, S. T. (2022). Same-gender pathways to parenthood. James Madison University Undergraduate Research Journal, 9(1) 24-32. http://commons.lib.jmu.edu/jmurj/vol9/iss1/3
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