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Category: education

  • Ask a Therapist: Seeking Advice to Support a Single Mom by Choice

    A concerned friend wants to know how best to support a single mom by choice who has a strained relationship with her adult donor conceived daughter.

    December 2, 2024Ask A Therapist, disclosure, early disclosure, education, genetic identity, grief, identity release, late disclosure, lgbtq, lgbtqia+, mental health, offspring, open ID at 18, siblings, single parent by choice, smbc, sperm donation

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  • USDCC Opposes Harmful Provision in S. 4638 (2025 National Defense Authorization Act)

    USDCC opposes Section 627(f) of S. 4638 (2025 National Defense Authorization Act).

    November 12, 2024advocacy, advocacy blog, education, embryo donation, genetic identity, letter, lgbtq, lgbtqia+, offspring, press release, single parent by choice, smbc, Uncategorized

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  • Ask a Therapist: Telling a New Sibling Their Father Was Not the Donor

    A donor conceived person wonders how to inform a new sibling that their father was not the donor and that the sibling is instead also donor conceived.

    August 30, 2024info and guides, Ask A Therapist, disclosure, early disclosure, education, egg donation, embryo donation, featured, genetic identity, grief, identity release, late disclosure, mental health, offspring, open ID at 18, resources: donor conceived persons, siblings, sperm donation

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  • Questions to Ask the Sperm Bank Before Donating

    Before deciding to donate, it is important to ask the right questions to ensure that your contributions are used ethically and in accordance with your expectations.

    May 26, 2024guides and resources: donors, anonymity, disclosure, education, identity release, info and guides, medical history, mental health, offspring, open ID at 18, regulation, sperm donation, Uncategorized

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  • USDCC Attends Jones Foundation Infertility Counseling Conference

    USDCC attended the 2024 Jones Foundation Infertility Counseling Conference in Philadelphia.

    May 4, 2024conferences, counseling, education, events, mental health, stakeholders

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  • USDCC Attends Canadian Fertility Conference

    USDCC volunteers spoke on a panel at the Canadian Fertility and Andrology Society's 2024 conference in Toronto.

    May 4, 2024stakeholders, canada, conferences, education, events

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  • Ask a Therapist: Struggling with Stored Donor Embryos

    A recipient parent struggles with extra stored donor embryos and clinic restrictions.

    March 30, 2024Ask A Therapist, anonymity, education, embryo donation, genetic identity, guides and resources: parents, offspring, siblings

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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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  • Ask a Therapist: Connecting a Child with Siblings

    A recipient parent wonders about how and when to connect their child with donor conceived siblings.

    June 9, 2023Ask A Therapist, education, genetic identity, guides and resources: parents, identity release, offspring, open ID at 18, siblings, sperm donation

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  • Family Ties: How My Donor Conception Discovery Changed My Outlook as a Queer Recipient Parent

    I’m sure I said, “It’s actually a ‘donor’ not a father.” I can remember my voice saying, “Our daughter doesn’t have a dad. She has two moms.” But much of that changed for me when I found out about my own donor conception experience.

    June 2, 2023lgbtqia+, blog, disclosure, education, genetic identity, identity release, late disclosure, lgbtq, open ID at 18, siblings, sperm donation, views

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