Monday, October 15, 2007

Sunday, September 9, 2007

One in five UK sperm donors is from overseas

Britain's sperm donor shortage is so acute that one in five donors is from overseas, The Independent on Sunday can reveal. Click here for details.

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Friday, August 31, 2007

Wanted: sperm donor number two for loving mum

This woman was tired of waiting for Mr Right so she turned to sperm donation to have her children. Click here to read the details.

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Monday, August 27, 2007

Fertility for free - almost

BABIES are always expensive but now a clinic is doing away with charges for fertility treatment in exchange for a sperm donation.

The controversial move will see couples avoid paying cash for the procedure in return for the "payment in kind".

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Why I regret donating my sperm

Read about one man's regrets about being a sperm donor. Click here

Friday, August 24, 2007

Hi, I’m your biological son...

Now here is a story about a young man who wants to meet his sperm donor father. It is quite a touching account. The author donated sperm some twenty years ago and then 20 years later he gets a call that a young man wants to meet his sperm donor father. Click here to read more.

Sperm donor list is far from fertile

Here is another story from the UK which talks about the shortage of sperm in general. Click here to read about it.

Tuesday, July 31, 2007

Most sperm donor children to be fatherless

Lesbians and single women are on course to become the largest group to have donor insemination, new figures from the Government’s fertility watchdog suggest.

They accounted for more than a third of women (38 per cent) who had the treatment last year, compared to 28 per cent in 2003 and 18 per cent in 1999, statistics from the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) show.

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Tuesday, July 24, 2007

Who's your donor?

More and more children want to know their genetics. These children were born from either sperm donation or egg donation.

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Saturday, July 7, 2007

Ethnic sperm donor shortage

In the UK ethnic couples are being turned away because there is a shortage of sperm donors. One of the main problems facing the clinic is the recent law changes which now enable children to legally contact their donors on reaching the age of 18.

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