U.S. Donor Conceived Council Elects 2024 Leadership Team and Announces Expansion
USDCC announces the election of its 2024 executive board and its expansion through a new department.
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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.
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Statement in Response to “What Makes Family? Advocates Debate Importance of Biological Ties,” The Wall Street Journal, June 25, 2023
USDCC supports modernizing parentage laws to protect LGBTQ families, particularly the rights of non-biological parents. USDCC has heard from many LGBTQ families who have been harmed by industry practices, including anonymity and large sibling groups, and who want legislative reforms.
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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.
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Support HR 451
Do you want doctor-donor fertility fraud to be illegal nationwide? We need YOU to ask your congressperson to support HR 451. How? • Go to House.gov to find the name of your representative. • Message […]
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Colorado Enacts First U.S. Law Abolishing Anonymous Gamete Donation
DENVER, May 31 – Governor Jared Polis signed into law new legislation that will abolish anonymous third-party gamete donation and provide groundbreaking protections for donor conceived people.
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Colorado Passes First Act in Nation Providing Protections for Donor Conceived People
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE DENVER, Co., May 11, 2022 – Colorado passed landmark legislation yesterday with the “Donor-Conceived Persons and Families of Donor-Conceived Persons Protection Act,” which will protect the rights of people conceived using sperm, […]
