A gamete donor whose identity is not known to the recipient or to the resulting donor-conceived person.
Most gamete donors who donated before 1 April 2005 at licensed clinics in the UK are anonymous. Some anonymous donors have chosen to reregister as identifiable donors.
As more evidence emerges of donor conception's complex and changeable lifespan impact for all those affected, responsibility for providing much needed professional support is diminishing…
The third session of the PET 2023 Annual Conference 'Challenges and Changes: What's Happening Across Europe?' brought together three eminent speakers working in reproductive medicine, fertility preservation and ethics…
A US woman is suing her fertility doctor, claiming he used his own sperm to impregnate her 34 years ago...
In June 2023, Anke Wesenbeek, a 30-year-old Belgian donor-conceived woman won a landmark court case after a year-long battle to gain information about her paternal heritage...
The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority is seeking views about reforming the law on fertility treatment regulation and embryo research. Here, Dr Caroline Redhead focuses on the sharing of information around donor conception, one of the key aspects of the consultation...
A sperm donor in Australia has been discovered to have fathered over 60 children, after he donated under four different aliases...
This book aims to link medical genetics and the law, and hopes to educate readers in all aspects of genetics that are of current relevance, and to indicate potential problems in the present and in the future. Here is Dr Eleanor Taylor's review of the book...
The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority's chair, Julia Chain, discusses the fascinating evolution of egg and sperm donation in the UK following the launch of their new 'Trends in Egg, Sperm and Embryo Donation' report...
Professor Groll, a professor of philosophy and a known donor for close friends, discusses the desire of many donor-conceived people to know their genetic origins...
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