Ian Jenkins M.D.

About

Ian Jenkins, M.D., is a hospital physician, quality and safety specialist, and Professor of Medicine at the University of California, San Diego. He is the father of the first two children with a polyamorous family as their legal parents and the author of "Three Dads and a Baby."

Books by Ian Jenkins M.D.

Recent Posts

Medical Violence: A Manslaughter Case Highlights Risk to Incarcerated Persons

Staff indifference apparently caused the death of an incarcerated person at a California jail.

On Medical Violence in Our Jails

It was just another shift at the jail clinic, until I met a man with a life-threatening complication due to woefully inadequate care.

The Avoidable COVID-19 Disaster

A hospital doctor despairs to see misinformed patients avoidably spreading and dying from COVID-19 during the current delta surge.

Finding the Motivations Behind Anti Transgender Laws

What's behind legislation to ban trans medical care? It *isn't* child welfare.

Polyamory, the Gay “Conservative,” and “Think of the Children"

How do gays view a three dad family? Even though they've been through conservative judgement themselves, many gays struggle with the idea.

Polyamory, the Gay “Conservative,” and "Where Does It Stop?"

Why gay rights advocates sometimes have the most misgivings about my three-dad family

The Hurdles My Poly Family Cleared

What it was like fighting to become a poly family, and how our family been received.

Our Poly Family Legal Battle: Answering FAQs

The legal struggles behind the first polyamorous family to be recognized as the legal parents of a child.

LGBT Parental Rights: Where We Stand

What still needs to be changed for LGBT Americans?

Children With Three Parents? A History of Multi-Parentage

Parents in nontraditional arrangements have earned legal parentage. Now, polyamorous families are joining them.