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Why Adoption? Gay, Lesbian, and Heterosexual Adoptive Parents’ Reproductive Experiences and Reasons for Adoption

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Pages 205-226 | Received 28 Sep 2012, Accepted 28 Jun 2013, Published online: 26 Aug 2014

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