Psychological Implications of the Anonymous Pregnancy

Abstract

focus . . . on DI [donor insemination] by couples-married and unmarried-as a means of having a family the psychological impact on the husband, wife, child, donor, donor's wife or girlfriend, the couple's family and friends, the physician-and the implications for the legal profession, religious leaders, professional counselors, and therapists-are profound and far-reaching the more DI is explored and discussed, the more DI and infertility become a matter of public interest, the more effective it can be in helping couples to have the psychologically healthy children they want to raise in a psychologically sound family (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved)