Sperm donor matching app sidesteps UK regulation
A new app which allows sperm donors to seek private arrangements with intended parents, bypassing donor regulations, has become available in the UK...
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DI (donor insemination)
The insertion of a donated sperm sample into a woman's vagina, cervix or womb to achieve a pregnancy.
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New HFEA data – one in 32 UK children now born via IVF
One in every 32 children born in the UK is conceived through IVF, according to the latest figures from the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority...
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.
'Super' sperm donors not so super, warns judge
PET Trustee and family law solicitor Natalie Sutherland discusses the case of A v B and others, recently made public by a senior UK judge...
Judge names prolific sperm donor in warning
A UK judge has publicly named a prolific sperm donor in a family law case, warning the public of the dangers of unregulated donation...
Image by Alan Handyside via the Wellcome Collection. Depicts a human egg soon after fertilisation, with the two parental pronuclei clearly visible.
Steptoe clinic connected to use of lab technician's sperm
Two people conceived at IVF pioneer Dr Patrick Steptoe's clinic in the 1970s have discovered that a laboratory scientist is their biological father...
Netflix sued for disclosing identities of donor-conceived people
Netflix is being sued in federal court over the disclosure of three women's donor-conceived status in the 2022 documentary 'Our Father'...
Image by Alan Handyside via the Wellcome Collection. Depicts a human egg soon after fertilisation, with the two parental pronuclei clearly visible.
Fertility treatment data tool launched by HFEA
An online dashboard featuring data on fertility treatment outcomes in the UK, broken down by region, has been launched by the Human Fertilisation Embryology Authority...
Image by Alan Handyside via the Wellcome Collection. Depicts a human egg soon after fertilisation, with the two parental pronuclei clearly visible.
Patient sues fertility doctor who allegedly used own sperm in treatment
A US woman is suing her fertility doctor, claiming he used his own sperm to impregnate her 34 years ago...
UK fertility law needs modernising
Scientific development is starting to push against, or go beyond, the boundaries of what is permissible under UK fertility law. It is time to modernise the law, and the HFEA has launched a consultation to determine how best to do that...
The evolution of egg, sperm and embryo donation: a sign of a specialty that never stands still
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...