sperm donation

Currently only the woman who gives birth is recognised.

7 years ago

Women seeking sperm donors online have been harassed and “sent photos of miscarriages.” More people hoping to become pregnant through artificial insemination (AI) have been turning to unregulated websites to avoid the high costs of using a clinic’s treatment. An investigation by the BBC has found that women in the UK have become victims of […]

7 years ago

A couple of years ago I attended a workshop on donor conception delivered by Olivia Montushi and Walter Merricks, founders of the Donor Conception Network in the U.K. and parents of two donor-conceived children. As a psychologist specialising in fertility, I was interested to hear their recommendations regarding telling donor-conceived children about their origins. I was […]

9 years ago

A new app allows women to browse potential sperm donors by ethnicity, skin tone, height, weight and eye and hair colour… using only a mobile phone. The first app of its kind is the brainchild of London Sperm Bank Donors and allows customers to order donor sperm (at a cost of £950, or €1,093 per order) to […]

10 years ago

Three couples are suing a United States sperm bank they claim misled them about their donor’s credentials.  One couple, whose seven-year-old son was conceived using sperm from Donor 9623, say the donor was described as a healthy gentleman with an IQ of 160 who was completing a PhD. Angie Collins and Beth Hanson later discovered their […]

10 years ago