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DI (donor insemination)
The insertion of a donated sperm sample into a woman's vagina, cervix or womb to achieve a pregnancy.
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Swiss and Italian courts move towards parental rights for same-sex couples |
| 01 September 2014 - by |
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Judges in two European countries with restrictive laws governing IVF and surrogacy have taken steps towards recognising non-biological parents in same-sex relationships as the legal parents of children born through assisted conception.... [Read More] |
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'My life was a lie': What does Emma Cresswell's story tell us about donor conception and fatherhood? |
| 01 September 2014 - by |
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Emma Cresswell, The Telegraph tells us, 'fought a six-year battle to have the man she thought was her father removed from her birth certificate' and now reportedly hopes that others will follow her example... [Read More] |
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Over 500 UK sperm donors have 'fathered' more than ten children each |
| 26 August 2014 - by |
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The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority has revealed that 504 sperm donors in the UK have between them 'fathered' more than 6,200 children.... [Read More] |
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| 11 August 2014 - by |
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The first national sperm bank is to be opened in England this October after receiving a £77,000 grant from the Department of Health... [Read More] |
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Mid Essex: Only HIV and cancer patients could be eligible for IVF |
| 28 July 2014 - by |
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Mid Essex Clinical Commissioning Group has proposed to limit access to IVF to cancer patients and HIV-positive men under its options for reform to the funding of its fertility services.... [Read More] |
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| 14 July 2014 - by |
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Today women are creating families later in life, yet the workplace may offer little support for those who wish to become mothers. Life can become a juggling act between finding a compatible mate and becoming a parent, while maintaining workplace commitments and furthering a career... [Read More] |
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| 14 July 2014 - by |
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Danish sperm accounts for a third of the sperm imported into the UK. But does it matter that so many children are being created with 'Viking' sperm?... [Read More] |
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HFEA: More than 1,600 fertility clinic mistakes in three years |
| 14 July 2014 - by |
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Hundreds of adverse events occur in UK fertility clinics each year, according to a report from the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority... [Read More] |
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| 30 June 2014 - by |
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The age of sperm donors has no impact on the chances of having a baby via IVF and donor insemination, a study has found... [Read More] |
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| 28 May 2014 - by |
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Since 1991, more than 35,000 children have been born in the UK as a result of donor conception, and our knowledge of genetics has increased substantially during that time. The event 'Do Genes Matter? Families and Donor Conception' set out to ask whether our understanding of family has changed too... [Read More] |
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Judge urges birth and genetic mothers to settle their custody battle |
| 31 March 2014 - by |
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The UK's Court of Appeal has urged two women who were in a same sex relationship to reach an agreement over the custody of their five-year-old twins... [Read More] |
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This episode of the BBC's 'The Midwives' documented some of the varying difficulties experienced by older and younger mothers... [Read More] |
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| 19 August 2013 - by |
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Jason Patric, an actor best known for his role in 'The Lost Boys', has appeared before California lawmakers in support of a bill that would allow sperm donors to apply for parental rights.... [Read More] |
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| 12 August 2013 - by |
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After a German court ruled that a 22-year-old woman conceived via sperm donation could know the identity of her biological father, radio station 1Live caught up with her and took a look into the world of assisted conception in Germany... [Read More] |
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| 05 August 2013 - by |
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A sperm donor conceived a child during an 'intense extramarital affair', a High Court judge has ruled, and has been ordered to pay litigation costs of £300,000 and child maintenance... [Read More] |
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| 24 June 2013 - by |
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An Australian man has been granted shared parental responsibility by a federal judge over a child born through IVF using sperm he had donated to his former partner.... [Read More] |
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Non-birth mother denied legal parenthood after consent errors |
| 10 June 2013 - by |
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A woman has been removed as the legal parent of twins born following fertility treatment with her former partner, who is the children's genetic mother, after the clinic failed to obtain adequate consent.... [Read More] |
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Sperm donor anonymity: Canadian Supreme Court will not hear woman's appeal |
| 03 June 2013 - by |
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The Supreme Court of Canada has declined to hear a case brought by a woman conceived by IVF using donated sperm that would have ended donor anonymity in the province. The decision is likely to be the end of a lawsuit that was commenced five years ago.... [Read More] |
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| 20 May 2013 - by |
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In addressing egg-donation dad-to-be Ben Saer's points in his BioNews article, it is hard to know where to start. Good parenting is of course supportive and protective, but it does not resolve the desire of some people to know more about who helped create them... [Read More] |
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Liverpool fertility clinic imports sperm after fall in donors |
| 13 May 2013 - by |
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A Liverpool fertility clinic has been forced to import sperm from Manchester and London after a significant fall in local donations... [Read More] |
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