Abstract
Ruth and Kim Hackford-Peer identify themselves as a lesbian couple who went to great lengths to have children in "The Most Wanted Boys in the World." Using sperm donations from two different men, Ruth was able to have, two children through artificial insemination. As a result, Ruth is the legal mother of both children, but Kim is the legal mother of Oflly one because she adopted the fust child while living out-of-state, but could not adopt the second child under Utah's adoption laws. In the monologue, "Telling," Martha Ertman describes herself as a single lesbian woman who wants a child. Using her gay friend Victor's sperm, Martha was artificially inseminated and subsequently became pregnant. Although Martha anticipates that Victor will be a part of the child's life, not all mothers and donors agree on this kind of arrangement.
Recommended Citation
Nix, Jesse Michael
(2009)
""You Only Donated Sperm": Using Intent to Uphold PaternityAgreements,"
Utah Law Review: Vol. 2009:
No.
2, Article 20.
Available at:
https://dc.law.utah.edu/ulr/vol2009/iss2/20