[Requests for assisted reproduction formulated by same-sex couples consulting physicians in France]. / Demandes d'aide à la procréation formulées par les couples de même sexe auprès de médecins en France.
Rev Epidemiol Sante Publique
; 62(4): 268-72, 2014 Aug.
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ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND, MATERIAL AND METHODS:
In order to determine the characteristic features of requests for assisted reproduction formulated by same-sex couples consulting physicians in France, we conducted a study in collaboration with professional organizations, general practitioners, gynecologists and obstetricians who distributed an email questionnaire among their recruitment.RESULTS:
In our sample, 191 physicians (71% of responders) reported that 1040 homosexual couples expressed desire to become parents in 2011-2012. Nearly all of the physicians (94%) reported that the couples sought assistance before participating in an assisted reproduction technology (ART) program in a foreign country, but 35% reported that advice was solicited concerning natural reproduction and 48.5% reported requests for advice concerning inseminations performed by the woman herself. Most of the physicians responded to all or part of the requests and 61% of those who had been consulted reported they had directly participated in preparing an ART program in a foreign country. Among the 270 physicians who participated in this study, 162 (60%) believed that ART should be assessable to homosexual couples in France, but less than half of them were in favor of reimbursement by the national health insurance fund.DISCUSSION:
Although biased and non-representative, this study shows that assisted reproduction, with or without medical intervention, is a real-life phenomenon for many homosexual couples, and for many physicians, even before same-sex marriage became legal.Palabras clave
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Colección:
01-internacional
Banco de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Derivación y Consulta
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Homosexualidad
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Técnicas Reproductivas Asistidas
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Accesibilidad a los Servicios de Salud
Límite:
Female
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Humans
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Male
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Pregnancy
País/Región como asunto:
Europa
Idioma:
Fr
Revista:
Rev Epidemiol Sante Publique
Año:
2014
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Article