donor anonymity

When couples struggle with fertility, many of them turn to sperm donors to help them get pregnant.
This process has worked well for many families, but one woman, who used a sperm donor to have a child, says she thinks there should be changes made in the industry.

Wendy Kramer says her son always wanted to meet his biological dad, so she co-founded the Donor Sibling Registry, a website that allows donors and donor-conceived children to voluntarily connect. She says there are now 33,000 users and the website has made more than 9,000 connections.

Documentary about about egg donors and sperm donors making contact with their genetic children. 'Donor Mum' can be seen tomorrow: BBC1 10.35pm Tuesday 30th August.
In 1991, Sylvia was one of Britain's first anonymous egg donors. After donating as a one-off at the London Fertility Centre in Harley Street, all she asked to know was whether her donation had been successful. But she soon found out more than she had bargained for.

The Human Fertilisation and Embryo Authority (HFEA) in the United Kingdom has announced that it is going to launch an investigation into online “sperm brokers” who put women in contact with potential sperm donors.

Gamete Donation & Anonymity - The debate on donor anonymity is raging on here in the United States; however, in Canada, they are already dealing with it through litigation that is winding its way through the courts as follows:

Olivia Pratten filed a lawsuit in British Columbia seeking to create a system to keep the donors records indefinitely and to allow children conceived with donor sperm to have the ability to find out the donor’s medical history and information about their identity. This landmark legal case would effectively put an end to sperm donor anonymity.

Surrogacy Issues - Well, we have had a quiet week - thank goodness! Especially after all the negative press last month regarding surrogacy. We do have a few issues to ponder, so here it is:

California - Santa Cruz court to hear custody hearing on former lesbian partners' dispute over twins. The sticking point in this case is that the sperm donor is now acting as the father, living with the biological, lesbian partner, and they are now a couple themselves. Currently, the judge has granted temporary visitation to the other partner until the hearing takes place.