Britain’s lesbian families ‘scandal’
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Lesbians Starting Families
In 19 seventyes briton, there was still a huge stigma attached to homosexuality. There was no law in the u k. Forbidding a doctor from providing artificial insemination to lesbians. But any doctor who did so was taking a huge risk with their reputation. Everyone was aware that if this practice became known about, there would be tremendous hullaballoo, fuss, outrage,. an shock, horror headlines and a lot of persecution of lesbians. Pretty wild for the times.
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