What is it about?
This is a small scale piece of research that looked at why some people who are keen to become parents but don't achieve this through new reproductive technologies, do not then go on to decide to become parents through adoption.
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Why is it important?
This paper is aiming to inform adoption agencies about when they might best support potential adopters to start on the journey to becoming parents rather than staying on the 'treadmill' of medical interventions. Traditionally potential adopters are advised to complete fertility treatment and then have a break before choosing adoption. This paper suggests that advice and support earlier in the process might help them to make the transition more effectively.
Perspectives
I think this paper helps to consider how we think about building a family and becoming parents as distinct to medical interventions for infertility and argues that adoption may offer more positive choices for couples in becoming parents.
Dr Joe Smeeton
University of Sheffield
Read the Original
This page is a summary of: ‘It’s a big deal, being given a person’: why people who experience infertility may choose not to adopt, Adoption & Fostering, September 2017, SAGE Publications,
DOI: 10.1177/0308575917705819.
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