Blog posts from 2011

Win a baby competition in Canada, receives criticism from fertility groups

Win a baby competition in Canada, receives criticism from fertility groups

08 October, 2011

Fertility groups have branded a Canadian radio station "tacky and distasteful" after it launched a competition to "win a baby".Ottawa music station Hot 89.9 unveiled the contest on its breakfast show last month, offering three ...

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Donor conceived story 'My dad was a sperm donor'

Donor conceived story 'My dad was a sperm donor'

06 October, 2011

Sperm donation is often seen as a gift to thousands of infertile couples, who find joy and completion in a child that might not otherwise exist. But their children sometimes find that joy bound with longing, loss and lifelong confusion about their...

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Adoption of babies within the UK is becoming even more difficult

Adoption of babies within the UK is becoming even more difficult

04 October, 2011

Today’s news about the diminishing numbers of babies being adopted in the UK does not at all surprise us. The BBC has today reported that only 60 children under one were adopted in the UK last year, of the 3,500 currently in the care system....

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Sperm donor who finds he has 70 biological children confesses to his fiancee

Sperm donor who finds he has 70 biological children confesses to his fiancee

02 October, 2011

A lawyer who became a sperm donor and donated sperm to pay his way through college has learned that he has fathered an astonishing 70 children.More than 15 of those have already attempted to contact 33-year-old Ben Seisler.The sperm donor confesse...

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Nominate your chosen person for the 2011 Pink List

Nominate your chosen person for the 2011 Pink List

30 September, 2011

Nominate your entry for the IoS 2011 Pink ListThe Independent on Sunday's annual Pink List returns next month, celebrating the 101 most influential lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender men and women in Britain.Since the list was last publish...

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Sperm donors think 'father', while egg donors don't think 'mother'

Sperm donors think 'father', while egg donors don't think 'mother'

28 September, 2011

The increasing number of children born through sperm donation, and the fact that many of those children are just now reaching adulthood, is leading to a revolution in the way we define families. A Tuesday Post story examined how children conceived...

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Two sets of twins 2000 miles apart share same sperm donor

Two sets of twins 2000 miles apart share same sperm donor

26 September, 2011

Twins Jonah and Hilit Jacobson love sushi and bite their nails. Over 2,000 miles away, twins Jesse and Jayme Clapoff also love sushi and chew their nails.All four teens look ­incredibly similar with the same brown hair, full mouth and great at...

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Scientists may have found a way for women to have children in their 40s

Scientists may have found a way for women to have children in their 40s

24 September, 2011

Scientists believe that an ingredient called co-enzyme Q10, might help older women and even those in their 40s produce healthier eggs.You might have heard of co-enzyme Q10 before, as it's often mentioned as the magic ingredient in posh face cr...

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Three men talk about helping childless couples by donating sperm

Three men talk about helping childless couples by donating sperm

22 September, 2011

Men willing to donate sperm help to create more than 800 babies in Britain every year through fertility clinics and hundreds more through personal arrangement – but now we are facing a shortage of "sperm donor daddies".As many as 1...

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Sperm bank tells sperm donors: Red heads need not apply

Sperm bank tells sperm donors: Red heads need not apply

20 September, 2011

Sperm bank in Denmark says 'Redheads need not apply' – at least not to the Cryos sperm bank in Denmark, where they have enough red-haired sperm donors on stock already.Reports of this story have been splashed across world media outle...

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