The Fertility Issues Same-Sex Couples Face When Trying to Conceive

SOURCES:

Amanda Adeleye, MD, assistant professor of obstetrics and gynecology; reproductive endocrinologist, University of Chicago Medicine, Chicago.

ASRM: “Is In Vitro Fertilization Expensive?”

Fertility and Sterility: “Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender content on reproductive endocrinology and infertility clinic websites,” “Recommendations for practices utilizing gestational carriers: an ASRM Practice Committee guideline.”

Jennifer Eaton, MD, division director of reproductive endocrinology and infertility, Brown University Medical School; director of the Women & Infants’ Fertility Center, Providence, RI.

Mark Leondires, MD, founder and medical director, Reproductive Medicine Associates (RMA) of Connecticut, Norwalk, CT.

Mayo Clinic: “Intrauterine insemination (IUI).”

National Conference of State Legislatures: “State Laws Related to Insurance Coverage for Infertility Treatment.”

Planned Parenthood: “What is IUI?”

Resolve: “Reciprocal IVF.”

Shannon and Lorie Mason.

Suneeta Senapati, MD, assistant professor of obstetrics and gynecology, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania; director of third-party reproduction, Penn Fertility Care, Philadelphia.

The Sperm Bank of California: “How Much Does It Cost?”

UCLA School of Law Williams Institute: “How Many Same-Sex Couples in the US are Raising Children?”