Imagine a friend told you they had fathered a baby. Imagine they then told you they didn’t know who the mother was, and wouldn’t be involved in raising the child at all – that’s another man’s job. That they’d become a sperm donor...
Deciding to become an egg donor is a huge decision and not one that women take lightly. Becoming an egg donor involves time, commitment - and patience...
One of the most controversial aspects of the current HFEA (insert link to www.hfea.gov.uk here) (Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority) review is whether sperm donors and egg donors should be properly paid for their donations. Currently, payments for sperm and egg donations can only be made to cover travel costs and loss of earnings, with an overall limit of £250 for each course of donation...
A major review of the rules regarding sperm, egg and embryo donation is taking place this year by the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority, the regulatory body in the UK that governs sperm, egg and embryo donation. One of the areas to be discussed is the current ’10 family limit’ restriction regarding donor sperm. Under current regulations, sperm from the same donor can only be used to create a maximum of 10 families. This doesn’t mean, however...
So what would make someone decide to use another man’s sperm to create their child? Surely we all want our children to be biologically ours, to ‘take after us’ and have our characteristics, our facial features, our mannerisms?...