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Category: egg donation

  • 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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  • 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: How to Discuss Donor Conception with a Toddler

    A recipient parent wonders how to discuss donor conception with her two-year-old child.

    November 3, 2023Ask A Therapist, disclosure, early disclosure, egg donation, genetic identity, guides and resources: parents, surrogacy

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  • Ask a Therapist: How to Answer Questions When Your Country Mandates Anonymity

    A recipient parent wonders how to navigate questions from her child when her country mandates anonymity.

    September 29, 2023Ask A Therapist, anonymity, disclosure, early disclosure, egg donation, genetic identity, guides and resources: parents, sperm donation

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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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  • USDCC Attends Pride Events

    U.S. Donor Conceived Council team members recently attended Pride events to show solidarity with and support of the LGBTQ community. Dylan S., USDCC’s director of sperm donor resources and content, attended a family Pride event […]

    July 10, 2023lgbtq, egg donation, events, featured, lgbtqia+, offspring, sperm donation

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  • Ask A Therapist: When to Introduce Child to the Donor

    A recipient parent who used a known donor wonders when to introduce their child to the donor.

    July 7, 2023egg donation, genetic identity, identity release, known donor, offspring

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  • Ask a Therapist: Choosing A Donor

    An intended parent wonders about the best way to choose a donor for the benefit of the future child.

    May 12, 2023Ask A Therapist, education, egg donation, guides and resources: parents, identity release, info and guides, known donor, medical history, sperm donation

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  • Ask a Therapist: Using an Anonymous Egg Donor from Peru

    An intended parent wonders about the implications of using an embryo created with an egg from an anonymous donor in Peru.

    May 5, 2023Ask A Therapist, education, egg donation, guides and resources: parents, identity release, mental health

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  • Incredulity, Anxiety, Yearning, and Other Emotions of Late Discovery

    "I joke with people that my first thought was, 'I’ve been diluted.' And as humorous as it may be to joke that finding out I was half white contributed to a sense of identity or cultural 'dilution,' it simultaneously created an incomparable sadness that took years to deconstruct."

    April 24, 2023egg donation, BIPOC, culture, disclosure, ethnicity, featured, genetic identity, grief, guest post, known donor, late disclosure, offspring, siblings, views

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