Ask a Therapist: Advice and Resources for Known Donor Arrangement
A future recipient parent wonders about advice and resources available for entering into a known donor arrangement.
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=Switched Before Birth: How a mislabeled vial upended my family’s world
Casey Duncan is the recipient parent to two donor conceived people. One of them was “switched before birth.”
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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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=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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=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.
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=Ask a Therapist: Open ID at 18 or Known Donor
An intended parent wonders about the pros and cons of choosing a known donor versus an Open-ID-at-18 donor with her wife.
