Lesbian Parenting

Since donor insemination first became popular in the U.S. in the 1980's, there was a bit of a baby boom among lesbian parents at that time. As a result, there are some long-term studies that have been wrapping up lately on the effects of being raised by parents who are lesbians. For instance, it seems that child abuse is much less likely to occur in a lesbian household. Other studies can be found here and here.

Also, one of my favorite movies of last year, The Kids Are All Right, is a comedy about a lesbian couple with two children who seek out their sperm-donating biological father. Here's the trailer:

Sandel's Justice

Michael Sandel wrote one of the articles we're reading on stem-cell research. He's also a political philosophy professor at Harvard. You can watch videos of his course on Justice here. The last episode is related to some of the stuff we're studying in class (abortion and same-sex marriage), so I've put up the video of it below: