This quirky story has got a lot of media attention over the last few days, not least from The Scotsman. Spire Healthcare’s Shawfair Hospital and IVF Scotland have devised a sperm donor recruitment campaign offering men free porridge when they go along to donate. There are just 6 donors in the Lothians region and 26 …
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The kindness of strangers
The Daily Telegraph reports the sad story of Alison Davenport, who only found out she was donor-conceived when she developed cancer that required genetic testing to source a bone-marrow transplant. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/6840705/sperm-donor-IVF-mantle-cell-lymphoma.html Alison tells her story on her blog, http://journeyintothebubble.blogspot.com/. She was born in 1946 when secrecy about donor conception was the norm, and all the …