Ensuring respect for children's human rights in donor conception and surrogacy
Professor Marilyn Crawshaw, Dr Astrid Indekeu and Hannah Markham KC outline work to centre children's human rights in surrogacy and gamete donation...
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DCP (Donor Conceived Person/People)
A person conceived through gamete provision.
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Key findings of the 'Fertility, Embryo Research and Genome Editing' report
The PET team discusses findings from a PET/ESHRE report exploring attitudes to fertility treatment, embryo research, genome editing, donor conception, surrogacy and related topics in the UK, the Netherlands, Spain and Italy...
Donor Conception and Genetic Disease: Lessons to Be Learned from Donor 7069
Seven experts discussed the sensitive case of donor 7069 and explored what could be done to avoid it happening again, as well as how to improve outcomes if it did...
Image by Peter Artymiuk via the Wellcome Collection. Depicts the shadow of a DNA double helix, on a background that shows the fluorescent banding of the output from a DNA sequencing machine.
Expanded carrier screening: Reflections on new guidance
The British Fertility Society has issued new guidance which provides direction on genetic testing in gamete donation in the UK...
Podcast Review: The Queer Family Podcast – 'We bought sperm four months in'
Robert and Shannon share their journey to parenthood through donor conception, speaking candidly about fertility, trans healthcare, and raising their daughter in an intentionally queer family...
Image by Bill Sanderson via the Wellcome Collection, © Wellcome Trust Ltd 1990. Depicts Laocoön and his family (from Greek and Roman mythology) entwined in coils of DNA.
'Joe Donor' in Scotland? Possible Scots law approaches to sperm donors and legal parentage
Following an English court's decision that a prolific sperm donor could not be listed on a child's birth certificate, Robert Gilmour and Professor Gillian Black examine how the same situation would be treated in Scots law...
Podcast Review: The Gift – Fathers
In this episode of BBC podcast The Gift, two sperm donors discuss the impact of direct-to-consumer DNA testing on their lives and experience of fatherhood. Xinran Hao discusses where the programme hit the mark – and where it fell short...
Image by Alan Handyside via the Wellcome Collection. Depicts equipment used for embryo biopsy.
TV Review: Scams and Scandals – Sunshine and secrets, the hidden side of IVF
BBC Scams and Scandals turns its attention to IVF clinics in Northern Cyprus in this episode, investigating allegations that sperm and eggs from the wrong donors were used in treatment for British families…
DNA testing and donor conception: New leaflets to support informed choices
Lucy Frith, professor of bioethics and health research at the University of Manchester and lead of the ConnecteDNA project, discusses the new information leaflets they have produced designed to help donors, donor-conceived people and families navigate the growing impact of online DNA testing on donor conception...
Obituary: Professor Sonia Allan
'What a woman': Professor Sonia Allen's work in psychology, health and law, centred people born through donor conception and surrogacy. She is remembered by her friend and peer, Dr Marilyn Crawshaw...