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0165/2016 - Lesbian reproductive practices: reflections on genetics and health
Práticas reprodutivas lésbicas: reflexões sobre genética e saúde

Author:

• Camila Vitule - Vitule, Camila - Universidade de Sao Paulo Faculdade de Medicina - <camilavitule@hotmail.com>

Co-author(s):

• Rosana Machin - Machin, Rosana - São Paulo, SP - Universidade de Sao Paulo Faculdade de Medicina, Medicina Preventiva - <rmachin@usp.br> +
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1306-4276
• Marcia Thereza Couto Falcão - COUTO, M.T. - São paulo, SP - Universidade de São Paulo (USP), Departamento de Medicina Preventiva - <marthet@usp.br> +
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5233-4190

Thematic Area:

Ciências Sociais

Abstract:

The relationship between science, technology and capital, intrinsic to Reproductive Technologies (TR), makes this a possibility of reproductive choice and an alternative to lesbians who want children. The article aims to reflect on the projects formulated from lesbian couples who used or had plans to use the TR. Interviews were conducted with eight couples of women aged 26 and 45, all self-declared white and completed higher education, living in the Greater São Paulo / SP, between 2010-2011. The results reveal the preference of respondents from the donor sperm bank and also the valuation of information on the health of family history of the donor. Noteworthy is the interest in import American bank of semen, because of an alleged limited availability of samples in Brazil and it contains more information about the donors. Thus, the same time as the TR allow a non-biological parenting, genetics is valued contributing to the medicalization of kinship.

Keywords:

reproductive technologiesmedicalizationgenetic

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Vitule, Camila, Machin, Rosana, COUTO, M.T.. Lesbian reproductive practices: reflections on genetics and health. Cien Saude Colet [periódico na internet] (2016/Apr). [Citado em 27/09/2024]. Está disponível em: http://cienciaesaudecoletiva.com.br/en/articles/lesbian-reproductive-practices-reflections-on-genetics-and-health/15589



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