Gay parenting is such an intense topic to discuss when it doesn’t have to be. Instead of being so consumed in protecting the rights of the LGBTQ+ community and trying to ensure that they can do everything possible that their heterosexual counterparts can do, the focus and attention should be placed on the ones who truly matter: the children. In these arguments, often the child goes unnoticed when they are the ones that this decision will forever have an impact on. When a child is in a household where their parents are a different gender, there will be a great disconnect between the parents and the child. Thus, the child will end up feeling as though his or her parents do not understand their struggles (Sulins, 2016). For an example, two gays
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Biology has continuously proven that it is impossible for two males or two females to create offspring. Therefore, parents must be willing to spend thousands of dollars for insemination. According to The Advanced Fertility Center of Chicago, an artificial insemination can cost anywhere between $1,000 to $5,000 for the insemination. However, the entire process which includes the fertility test, initial evaluations, fertility treatments, in vitro fertilization/ the cost of donor eggs but, excluding the needed medication can easily cost $26,000 (Advanced Fertility Center of Chicago). These prices may vary depending on the cost of the procedure and the sperm or egg …show more content…
According to Deniss Hollinger’s article “The Right to Have a Child: Are There Legal Limitation?”, “the separation of procreation from the one-flesh relationship of husband and wife and the intrusion of multiple parties into the procreative process are contrary to the designs of creation and serve to confuse and exacerbate personal identities and family patterns.” Since there are other variables or people that are needed to participate in the production on a child things are easily complicated. During these procedures, there are many things that need to be taken into consideration. For example, with a lesbian couple, they must decide whose egg will be used. Only one egg will ultimately be used to inseminate the mother. Therefore, only one female will be considered the baby 's biological mother. Even when the mothers are unsure as to who the mother is the baby has a 50 percent chance to favor its biological mother. Because the child will end up gaining traits from one mother and not the other a division within the house may be resulted in this and can possibly strain the parents-child relationship. With two gay fathers, the question becomes whose sperm will be used. Like with a lesbian couple, it is possible to do “blind insemination” where neither one of the parents know who the donor is. However, it will still be evident when the child resembles one parent and not the other. It
Biology has continuously proven that it is impossible for two males or two females to create offspring. Therefore, parents must be willing to spend thousands of dollars for insemination. According to The Advanced Fertility Center of Chicago, an artificial insemination can cost anywhere between $1,000 to $5,000 for the insemination. However, the entire process which includes the fertility test, initial evaluations, fertility treatments, in vitro fertilization/ the cost of donor eggs but, excluding the needed medication can easily cost $26,000 (Advanced Fertility Center of Chicago). These prices may vary depending on the cost of the procedure and the sperm or egg …show more content…
According to Deniss Hollinger’s article “The Right to Have a Child: Are There Legal Limitation?”, “the separation of procreation from the one-flesh relationship of husband and wife and the intrusion of multiple parties into the procreative process are contrary to the designs of creation and serve to confuse and exacerbate personal identities and family patterns.” Since there are other variables or people that are needed to participate in the production on a child things are easily complicated. During these procedures, there are many things that need to be taken into consideration. For example, with a lesbian couple, they must decide whose egg will be used. Only one egg will ultimately be used to inseminate the mother. Therefore, only one female will be considered the baby 's biological mother. Even when the mothers are unsure as to who the mother is the baby has a 50 percent chance to favor its biological mother. Because the child will end up gaining traits from one mother and not the other a division within the house may be resulted in this and can possibly strain the parents-child relationship. With two gay fathers, the question becomes whose sperm will be used. Like with a lesbian couple, it is possible to do “blind insemination” where neither one of the parents know who the donor is. However, it will still be evident when the child resembles one parent and not the other. It