Over 500 UK sperm donors have 'fathered' more than ten children each
The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority has revealed that 504 sperm donors in the UK have between them 'fathered' more than 6,200 children....
<p><span class="text"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Nishat Hyder</span> was previously a <a href="https://www.bionews.org.uk/writingarticles" title="https://www.bionews.org.uk/writingarticles" class="">Volunteer Writer</a> at <span style="font-weight: bold;">BioNews</span>. She is currently studying for a <a href="http://www.law.manchester.ac.uk/postgraduate/research/researchdegrees/atoz/course/?code=06250" target="blank">PhD in Bioethics and Medical Jurisprudence</a> at the <a href="http://www.manchester.ac.uk/" target="blank">University of Manchester</a>'s <a href="http://www.law.manchester.ac.uk/research/centres/csep/" target="blank">Centre for Social Ethics and Policy</a>, where her research focuses on the legal and ethical challenges posed by artifical life technologies. Previously, she studied <a href="http://www.lse.ac.uk/collections/law/" target="blank">Law</a> at the <a href="http://www2.lse.ac.uk/home.aspx" target="blank">London School of Economics and Political Science</a>, and went on to complete the <a href="http://www.bpp.com/postgraduate-course-details/d/postgraduate/BPTC/144" target="blank">Bar Professional Training Course</a> at <a href="http://www.bpplawschool.com/" target="blank">Brierley Price Prior Law School</a>. She is particularly interested in jurisprudence, political theory, ethics, evolutionary theory, and how these disciplines relate to the emergence of new medical technologies.</span></p>
The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority has revealed that 504 sperm donors in the UK have between them 'fathered' more than 6,200 children....
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