donor insemination

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donor
noun[C]
uk
/ˈdəʊ.nər/us
/ˈdoʊ.nɚ/
a person who gives some of their blood or a part of their body to help someone who ...
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insemination
noun[U]
uk
/ɪnˌsem.ɪˈneɪ.ʃən/us
/ɪnˌsem.əˈneɪ.ʃən/
the action of putting male sperm into a woman or female animal, either by sexual activity or an ...
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(Definition ofdonorandinseminationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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There have been distinct changes in public, legal and medical attitudes towardsdonorinseminationover the past decade.
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Psychological counseling already is widely accepted in preparing infertile couples for various noncoital reproductive methods, such asdonorinseminationand surrogate motherhood.
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Forty per cent of the women who receiveddonorinseminationbecame pregnant and produced a total of 387 children.
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Such a therapeutic choice may seem more acceptable to some couples than standard anonymousdonorinsemination, where the husband would make no genetic contribution to his progeny.
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However, no such qualification was made regarding children born followingdonorinseminationwhere in effect a new status was being created.
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It has also been pointed out that many children have already been born bydonorinsemination.
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There is also the option of self-insemination and clinically assisteddonorinsemination, forms of artificial insemination.
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In-vitro fertilization anddonorinseminationare major procedures involved.
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Single women can be treated by known or anonymousdonorinsemination.
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Donorinseminationremained virtually unknown to the public until 1954.
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Since then, a few doctors began to perform privatedonorinsemination.
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Surrogacy anddonorinseminationremain the primary methods.
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Contact indonorinseminationhas usually been thought of and seen as a coming together of the donor and the offspring just two people.
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The magazine publishes articles on international and domestic adoption, foster care,donorinseminationand surrogacy.
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Donorinseminationprovoked heated public debate.
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