Donating sperm or eggs isn’t a quick process. As a potential donor you have to go through thorough screening to make sure you are healthy and free from any serious medical conditions which could be passed on.
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...
Imagine going through the menopause in your twenties. You aren’t even in a serious relationship yet, but here you are unable to have children before you’ve even decided you want them. Or imagine you’re going through gruelling cancer treatment in your thirties. You wanted to wait a bit longer for children, but now there’s a chance you’ll never get pregnant naturally.
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?...