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Category: advocacy

  • U.S. Donor Conceived Council Response to “How Expensive Will Colorado Sperm Be, Come 2025?”, Above the Law, May 8, 2024

    USDCC addresses criticisms of Colorado's Donor Conceived Persons Protection Act and proposed rules.

    May 9, 2024press release, advocacy, colorado, colorado-top, news, regulation, Uncategorized

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  • Alabama High Court Ruling Also Harmful to Donor Conceived People and Their Families

    USDCC joins others to express concerns about the potential implications of the Supreme Court of Alabama’s opinion in LePage v. The Center for Reproductive Medicine, P.C. 

    February 24, 2024press release, advocacy, ASRM Guidelines, egg donation, embryo donation, lgbtq, lgbtqia+, medical history, mental health, news, offspring, regulation, smbc, sperm donation

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  • My Donor Conception Nightmare: Fertility Fraud Leads to Accidental Incest

    When Victoria Hill took a commercial DNA test, she not only learned she was donor conceived but that her mother was the victim of fertility fraud. And that her high school boyfriend was her half brother.

    February 14, 2024Uncategorized, advocacy, anonymity, featured, fertility fraud, mental health, offspring, siblings, sperm donation, views

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  • Uniform Law Commission Amends the Uniform Parentage Act to Require Disclosure of Donor Identifying Information Upon Request

    The Uniform Law Commission announced the official amendment of Article 9 of the Uniform Parentage Act which will now require gamete banks to provide a donor’s identifying information to a resulting adult donor conceived person upon request. USDCC played an active role in securing this amendment.

    January 3, 2024advocacy, anonymity, education, egg donation, identity release, info and guides, lgbtq, lgbtqia+, news, offspring, open ID at 18, press release, regulation, sperm donation, Uncategorized

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  • I’m a (Donor Conceived) Barbie girl, in a (Donor Conceived) Barbie world.

    Commodification of donor conceived people is rampant in egg donor recruitment ads. One agency's Barbie movie memes sparked outcry from the DCP community.

    July 20, 2023advocacy, commodification, egg donation, regulation, views

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  • 2022 Sperm Bank Data Survey

    USDCC sought to collect data on sperm banks across the United States. A survey was conducted in which sperm bank websites were reviewed for relevant data and then those data were confirmed via contact with representatives from each bank.

    April 26, 2023ASRM Guidelines, advocacy, education, featured, guides and resources: donors, guides and resources: parents, identity release, info and guides, sperm donation

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  • 2022 Advocacy Survey Results

    In August and September 2022, U.S. Donor Conceived Council (USDCC) asked people with a connection to donor conception what changes to the donor conception industry and practices they would like to see.

    November 16, 2022advocacy

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  • USDCC Supports California’s Passage of New Gamete Bank Regulation

    U.S. Donor Conceived Council (USDCC) is proud to support the California State Legislature’s passage of AB 1896, which will require gamete banks licensed in the state to provide written educational materials to prospective donors and intended recipients beginning in 2024.

    September 1, 2022advocacy, california, education, regulation

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    How Many Siblings Do I Have, Really? 

    Guest blog by Peter J. Boni, author of Uprooted: Family Trauma, Unknown Origins, and the Secretive History of Artificial Insemination

    June 3, 2022featured, advocacy, anonymity, egg donation, genetic identity, offspring, regulation, siblings, sperm donation

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  • Making History: Colorado SB 22-224

    As the sun rose on May 11, 2022, it brought the dawn of a new day for donor conceived people in the United States. The night before, the Colorado “Donor-Conceived Persons and Families of Donor-Conceived Persons Protection Act” passed unanimously.

    May 13, 2022advocacy, anonymity, colorado, education, egg donation, genetic identity, medical history, news, regulation, sperm donation, stakeholders

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