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Category: sperm donation

  • Ask a Therapist: How Can I Convince My Wife to Reach Out to Our Sperm Donors?

    A parent wonders how to convince their wife that they should reach out to their sperm donors for the sake of their children.

    January 15, 2024Ask A Therapist, disclosure, early disclosure, genetic identity, guides and resources: parents, 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 Do Single Parenthood by Choice “Right”

    An intended parent wonders whether it is possible to do single parenthood by choice "right."

    October 24, 2023Ask A Therapist, disclosure, guides and resources: parents, identity release, open ID at 18, smbc, sperm donation

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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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  • Statement in Response to “A Sperm Donor Chases a Role in the Lives of the 96 Children He Fathered,” The Wall Street Journal, August 27, 2023

    U.S. Donor Conceived Council regrets that donor Dylan Stone-Miller’s story, as recounted in a recent Wall Street Journal article, did not highlight the industry's lack of regulatory oversight or Stone-Miller’s efforts to advocate for better industry practices.

    August 28, 2023press release, anonymity, lgbtq, news, offspring, regulation, sperm donation

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  • Ask a Therapist: How to Discuss Familial Gamete Donation

    An intended parent wonders how her potential donor and brother in law would tell his children about donating sperm.

    July 24, 2023Ask A Therapist, disclosure, early disclosure, genetic identity, guides and resources: parents, known donor, medical history, mental health, offspring, siblings, sperm donation

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  • My Journey of Discovery after Early Disclosure

    I cannot remember a time in my life that I did not know I was donor conceived. I was raised by the most amazing single mother and never lacked anything, but I was constantly reminded I did not have a dad.

    July 14, 2023early disclosure, anonymity, blog, disclosure, featured, genetic identity, gratitude, grief, medical history, offspring, siblings, smbc, sperm donation

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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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  • Celebrating My Family as a Queer, Donor Conceived Recipient Parent

    I was born in London to two mums who used an anonymous sperm donor to conceive me. I was raised knowing my conception story, as it was talked about casually, and all my questions were answered to their best ability as I grew up.

    June 22, 2023lgbtqia+, blog, disclosure, genetic identity, guest post, identity release, lgbtq, offspring, open ID at 18, siblings, 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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