title: Lesbian couple create a child who is deaf like them.
abstract: A deaf lesbian couple who sought a sperm donor with a family history of deafness in order to have a child they hoped would be deaf have attracted a lot of criticism. They have been criticised for deliberately creating a deaf child, for denying their child a hearing aid, and for raising the child in a homosexual household.
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002669:Child Welfare; D002755:Choice Behavior; D003638:Deafness; D019988:Children with Disabilities; D005260:Female; D018452:Homosexuality, Female / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D009035:Mothers / Q000523:psychology*; D011247:Pregnancy; D014481:United States
keywords: Genetics and Reproduction