The High Court of Australia has ruled in the case of a sperm donor who argued he should be considered the legal father because he was involved in the child’s life.
Donor conception
Sometimes it takes three to make a baby. Sometimes it takes four. And sometimes it takes one and someone that person has never met. Donating your sperm or eggs so that another can experience parenthood is one of life’s great acts of giving. It also poses unique challenges and rewards.
What if you discovered you shared 50% of your DNA with your mother’s fertility specialist?
This is what has happened to scores of donor-conceived people in the Netherlands, where a fertility doctor has been accused of using his own sperm to inseminate patients without their consent. Read More
Natalie Imbruglia pregnant with donor conceived child
Australian singer Natalie Imbruglia has announced she is pregnant with her first child, “with a bit of help from IVF and a sperm donor”. Read More
Meet the men who donate sperm on Facebook
An increasing number of men are going online to make arrangements to donate sperm through Facebook or connection websites. Read More
Time capsules for sperm donors
Roger Clarke, 74, has spent a lot of time considering what should go in his time capsule. Read More
Oui, oui! France legalises IVF for single women and lesbians
The French government is putting the finishing touches on legislation that will give single women and lesbian couples access to IVF procedures in France. Read More
IVF win for Victorian women split from their spouse
In a breakthrough for reproductive rights, women in Victoria who are separated from their partners, but not divorced, will no longer have to get their estranged spouse’s permission to access IVF. Read More
Can a sperm donor be a dad?
The High Court of Australia will soon decide if sperm donors can also be dads. Read More
Are infertile women the new enemy?
The demonisation of infertile women has largely gone unremarked – until now, when thanks to The Handmaid’s Tale, they are now being openly cast as pure evil… Read More
The search for donor dads
In 2016, a law was passed in Victoria that, if you believed some in the media, was going to have a group of men dreading a visit to the mailbox. Read More