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Relatedness in Assisted Reproduction Assistedreproductionchallengesandreinforcestraditionalunderstand- ingsoffamilyandkinship.Sperm,eggandembryodonationandsur- rogacyraisequestionsaboutrelatednessforparents,childrenandother peoplewhomaybeinvolvedintheconception,gestationandcareofa child. How socially, morally or psychologically significant is a genetic linkbetweenadonor-conceivedchildandtheirdonor?Whatdifference doesitmakeifthislinkiswithaneggdonororaspermdonor?What doesitmeanforaparenttobegeneticallyunrelatedtotheirchild?What shouldoffspringbornthroughassistedreproductionbetoldabouttheir origins and is such information important for their identity? How is kinshipexperiencedbymenandwomenusingcollaborativereproduc- tioninheterosexualcouples,same-sexcouplesorsingle-parentfamilies? Howdoesthewidercultural,socio-legalandregulatorycontextimpact ontheseexperiences? Thismultidisciplinarybookpresentsfreshinsightsintothekeyissue of relatedness in assisted reproduction. An international team of aca- demics and clinicians brings together new empirical research and a rangeofsocialscience,legalandbioethicalperspectivestoexplorethe complexmeaningsoforigins,identitiesandkinconnectionsinassisted reproductionfamilies. tabitha freeman isaResearchAssociateattheCentreforFamily Research,UniversityofCambridge. susanna graham is a Research Associate at the Centre for Family Research,UniversityofCambridge. fatemeh ebtehaj isanAssociateMemberoftheCentreforFamily Research,UniversityofCambridge. martin richards is Emeritus Professor of Family Research at the Centre for Family Research, University of Cambridge, which he foundedanddirecteduntil2005. Relatedness in Assisted Reproduction Families, Origins and Identities Editedby Tabitha Freeman, Susanna Graham, Fatemeh Ebtehaj and Martin Richards UniversityPrintingHouse,CambridgeCB28BS,UnitedKingdom CambridgeUniversityPressispartoftheUniversityofCambridge. ItfurtherstheUniversity’smissionbydisseminatingknowledgeinthepursuitof education,learningandresearchatthehighestinternationallevelsofexcellence. www.cambridge.org Informationonthistitle:www.cambridge.org/9781107038288 ©CambridgeUniversityPress2014 Thispublicationisincopyright.Subjecttostatutoryexception andtotheprovisionsofrelevantcollectivelicensingagreements, noreproductionofanypartmaytakeplacewithoutthewritten permissionofCambridgeUniversityPress. Firstpublished2014 PrintedintheUnitedKingdombyClays,StIvesplc AcataloguerecordforthispublicationisavailablefromtheBritishLibrary LibraryofCongressCataloguinginPublicationdata Relatednessinassistedreproduction:families,originsandidentities/editedby TabithaFreeman,SusannaGraham,FatemehEbtehajandMartinRichards. pages cm Includesbibliographicalreferencesandindex. ISBN978-1-107-03828-8(hardback) 1.Reproductivetechnology. 2.Reproduction–Moralandethicalaspects. 3.Relatedness(Psychology) I.Freeman,Tabitha,1971–editorofcompilation. 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Contents Listofcontributors pagevii Acknowledgements x Introduction 1 tabitha freeman PartI Conceptualisingrelatedness 1 ABritishhistoryofcollaborativereproductionandthe riseofthegeneticconnection 21 martin richards 2 Undoingkinship 44 jeanette edwards 3 Geneticallychallenged:thedeterminationoflegal parenthoodinassistedreproduction 61 julie mccandless and sally sheldon 4 Onthemoralimportanceofgenetictiesinfamilies 79 john b. appleby and anja j. karnein 5 Whocareswhereyoucomefrom?Cultivatingvirtues ofindifference 97 hallvard lillehammer 6 LegalkinshipandconnectioninUSdonorfamilies 113 naomi cahn 7 Relatednessinclinicalpractice 129 andrea mechanick braverman and lucy frith v vi Contents PartII Experiencingrelatedness 8 Definingconnections:genderandperceptionsof relatednessineggandspermdonation 147 rene almeling 9 Thesignificanceofrelatednessforsurrogatesand theirfamilies 162 vasanti jadva and susan imrie 10 Frozensymbolsofrelatedness:Belgianinfertility patientsandtheirdecisionsaboutunused cryopreservedembryos 178 veerle provoost and guido pennings 11 Familyrelationshipsingayfatherfamilieswithyoung childreninBelgium,SpainandtheUnitedKingdom 192 marcin smietana, sarah jennings, cathy herbrand and susan golombok 12 Storiesofanabsent‘father’:singlewomennegotiating relatednessthroughdonorprofiles 212 susanna graham 13 Infertility,gametedonationandrelatednessinBritish SouthAsiancommunities 232 nicky hudson and lorraine culley 14 Familiescreatedbyassistedreproduction:children’s perspectives 251 lucy blake, sophie zadeh, helen statham and tabitha freeman 15 Makingconnections:contactbetweenspermdonor relations 270 tabitha freeman, kate bourne, vasanti jadva and venessa smith 16 Relationallives,relationalselves:assistedreproduction andtheimpactongrandparents 296 petra nordqvist and carol smart Index 312 Contributors rene almeling DepartmentofSociology,YaleUniversity john b. appleby CentreofMedicalLawandEthics,King’sCollege London lucy blake CentreforFamilyResearch,UniversityofCambridge kate bourne VictorianAssistedReproductiveTreatmentAuthority andrea mechanick braverman DepartmentofObstetricsand Gynecology,ThomasJeffersonUniversity naomi cahn LawSchool,GeorgeWashingtonUniversity lorraine culley SchoolofAppliedSocialSciences,DeMontfort University fatemeh ebtehaj CentreforFamilyResearch,Universityof Cambridge jeannette edwards DepartmentofSocialAnthropology, UniversityofManchester tabitha freeman CentreforFamilyResearch,Universityof Cambridge lucy frith DepartmentofHealthServicesResearch,Universityof Liverpool susan golombok CentreforFamilyResearch,Universityof Cambridge susanna graham CentreforFamilyResearch,Universityof Cambridge cathy herbrand ReproductionResearchGroup,DeMontfort University vii viii Listofcontributors nicky hudson SchoolofAppliedSocialSciences,DeMontfort University susan imrie CentreforFamilyResearch,UniversityofCambridge vasanti jadva CentreforFamilyResearch,UniversityofCambridge sarah jennings CentreforFamilyResearch,Universityof Cambridge anja j. karnein InstituteforPoliticalScience,Goethe-Universita¨t hallvard lillehammer DepartmentofPhilosophy,Birkbeck, UniversityofLondon julie mccandless DepartmentofLaw,LondonSchoolof EconomicsandPoliticalScience petra nordqvist TheMorganCentre,UniversityofManchester guido pennings BioethicsInstituteGhent,GhentUniversity veerle provoost BioethicsInstituteGhent,GhentUniversity martin richards CentreforFamilyResearch,Universityof Cambridge sally sheldon KentLawSchool,UniversityofKent carol smart TheMorganCentre,UniversityofManchester marcin smietana DepartmentofSociologicalTheory,Universityof Barcelona venessa smith TheLondonWomen’sClinic helen statham CentreforFamilyResearch,Universityof Cambridge sophie zadeh CentreforFamilyResearch,UniversityofCambridge Discussants irenee daly CentreforFamilyResearch,UniversityofCambridge yolanda garcia-ruiz FacultyofLaw,UniversityofValencia zeynep gu¨rtin DepartmentofSociology,UniversityofCambridge robert klitzman CollegeofPhysiciansandSurgeons,Columbia University
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