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Give Me Back My Sperm, Donor Says

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An Israel woman has filed a petition at the Supreme Court against the Health Ministry in an attempt to regain access to five units of sperm from a man who now regrets his donation.

The woman, whose name has not been revealed, is the mother of a two-year-old daughter who was conceived artificially using the donor’s sperm.

In order to provide her child with a biologically related sibling, the woman acquired five further units of the same donor’s semen from a sperm bank.

The donor, whose name also remains protected, claims that a recent religious epiphany made him wish he had never donated.

Israel is a global centre for assisted births, including artificial insemination. Sperm donors can expect to earn between £50 to £130 per donation, and in exchange, are guaranteed absolute, lifelong anonymity.

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In Sperm Banks, a Roll of the Genetic Dice

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For more than a year, the Kretchmars carefully researched sperm banks and donors. The donor they chose was a family man, a Christian like them, they were told. Most important, he had a clean bill of health. His sperm was stored at the New England Cryogenic Center in Boston, and according to the laboratory’s Web site, all donors there were tested for various genetic conditions.

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New guidelines issued for surrogates

Lorie A. Parch

Experts believe the number of surrogate births will continue to rise as more people, including gay men, choose the option.

The American Society for Reproductive Medicine (ASRM), the leading professional medical organization focused on fertility and infertility, recently released new guidelines for gestational carriers (PDF). Since ASRM is a medical organization, these recommendations are mostly intended for physicians and other healthcare professionals, but if you’re considering using a surrogate to carry your child, you may want to check out the latest thinking on what can be a very complex issue.

The new document aims to provide more clarity and guidance for good practice on these topics:

  • Screening & testing of genetic parents & gestational carriers
  • Complex medical & psychological issues for gestational carriers, parents & children
  • Updates on optimal screening and testing for STDs and psychological assessments

If you’re considering using a donor or surrogate, you may want to read these ConceiveOnline.com articles as well:

Ways to Strengthen Your Relationship When Using a Donor or Surrogate

Third-Party Reproduction and the Law (a 2009 article, so be sure to check that any specific laws mentioned are still current in your state).

Are you considering using a gestational carrier/surrogate? What are your biggest questions and concerns?

 

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Lorie A. Parch
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Ed Houben, Sperm Donor, Has Fathered 82 Children

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Ed Houben was a virgin until the age of 34. Now he’s the biological father of 82 children.  Der Spiegel reports that the 42-year-old Dutchman performs his services for free, offering women and couples a chance to conceive a child without the expense of using a sperm bank.

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Who Is a Parent? Surrogate Technology Outpaces Law

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Technology means someone who never thought they’d be able to conceive can use a sperm donor, an egg donor and a surrogate — a woman who bears a child for someone else. But the law has not kept pace with technology, and with so many people involved, a key question remains: Who is a legal parent?

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Study: Egg Donors Remain Fertile After Procedure

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Some experts question whether hormonally stimulating the ovaries — which makes them produce extra eggs — and removing those eggs from a healthy, young woman could later increase her chance of infertility, but others contend there are no serious long-term risks.

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Egg Donations: A Honolulu Womans Story

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I am not anonymous. I know who I am: I am my Caucasian mother’s stories of how much she has loved mothering; I am my Chinese father’s love for music and good deals; I am all the injury, heartbreak and observed suffering I’ve absorbed into my body, if not my genes, for the past 32 years. I am an egg donor, and my role in the lives of the couples I donate to ends the moment my last ova hits the aspirator.

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Texas Sperm Donor doesn’t Owe Child Support Court Rules

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National bodybuilding champion Ronnie Coleman of Arlington thought he had an ironclad arrangement. Coleman agreed several years ago to donate sperm at a California sperm bank for a friend who used to live in Arlington, but he made clear that he had no interest in being a father to any child who was eventually born.