Date registered: March 18, 2011
Apr
16
Ronnie Coleman of Arlington, VA, has just won a legal case saying that as a sperm donor he isn’t legally responsible for the child support he’s been paying for the last five years. That couldn’t happen in the UK, could it? In 2006, Coleman donated through a California sperm bank to a longstanding friend (and …
Feb
20
Over the water in British Columbia, Canada, the state government is appealing a judge’s ruling that people conceived by egg and sperm donation should be able to find out who their donor was. Olivia Pratten and Shelley Deacon, both donor-conceived adults from BC, took the government to court arguing that donor-conceived people are discriminated against …
Feb
06
In a recent scientific breakthrough at Newcastle University, doctors have found a way to replace faulty DNA inherited through the female line with DNA from another healthy woman. So does this mean a child conceived that way has two mums? Mitochondrial cells convert the energy from our food into energy that can be used in …
Jan
30
In the Chinese year of the Dragon, many couples are trying to have a child because it’s considered a lucky year to be born. The same applies to people who need a donor. Bevan Chuang from Auckland is hoping to get pregnant through sperm donation and her request for a donor has attracted interest from …
Jan
23
Scientists have created artificial mouse sperm in the lab, in a breakthrough which means in five years infertile men may no longer need a sperm donor. Researchers grew viable sperm in a petrie dish using mouse germ cells, which are found in testicles and are responsible for sperm production. For the first time the sperm …
Jan
16
We’ve already written about what sperm donors want, but what do egg donors think would improve their donation experience? Ongoing support during the donation itself Clinics are good at offering counselling for egg donors but the nature of the treatment means that donors would often like ongoing support during the donation too. (This is one …
Dec
25
By Laura Hughes, Trustee This is an advent calendar that I made for the kids when they were little – it has both their names at the top. I made it as I was so utterly overjoyed after 10 years of infertility and a total of 19 cycles of fertility treatment to have the pair …
Dec
12
Early results of the NGDT’s Donor Satisfaction Survey are out, so here’s what sperm donors think would improve their donation experience. More information on the families helped Most sperm donors were interested to know the number of pregnancies that had resulted from their donation and the number of families they had helped. Donors aren’t paid …
Dec
06
The HFEA recently researched public attitudes towards donation, and one of their findings is, given more information about what donation involves, people have far more admiration for donors. As part of the Donation Review, the HFEA commissioned a market research company to talk to different groups of people about their views on donation and how …