Report

Satisfaction with Known, Open-identity, or Unknown Sperm Donors

Reports from lesbian mothers of 17-year-old adolescents
January 2015

This report from the National Longitudinal Lesbian Family Study explores lesbian mothers’ satisfaction with their use of a known, open-identity, or unknown sperm donor and whether satisfaction with donor selection was associated with psychological health problems in the adolescent offspring. It was published in Fertility and Sterility in January 2015.

AUTHORS
  • Nanette Gartrell
    Visiting Distinguished Scholar
  • Henny M.W. Bos
    Professor, University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands
  • Naomi G. Goldberg
    Policy Research Director, Movement Advancement Project
  • Amalia Deck
    San Francisco VA Medical Center
  • Loes van Rijn-van Gelderen
    University of Amsterdam
Highlights
The ongoing U.S. National Longitudinal Lesbian Family Study has followed the same cohort of offspring from conception to adolescence.
Over three-quarters of mothers were satisfied with their choice of a known, open-identity, or unknown sperm donor.
The mothers’ satisfaction with donor type was unrelated to the presence or absence of psychological health problems in their children.

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Satisfaction with Known, Open-identity, or Unknown Sperm Donors