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Issues with using the unregulated fertility market
Lack of Medical Screening: Unregulated donors often do not undergo the rigorous infectious disease testing (e.g., HIV, Hepatitis B and C, syphilis) required by clinics. This poses a direct health risk to the recipient and, subsequently, the DCP. Absence of Genetic Screening: There is no guarantee that the donor has been tested for inheritable diseases or genetic…
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DCP Resources from around the world
Australia Donor Conceived Australia Evie Lucas – Origin Archives Belgium DonorKinderen Japan DonorLink Japan (DLJ) Germany Spenderkinderen USA Donor Sibling Registry
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Conducting research interviews
Information for researchers Please note the following information to ensure time effective and successful interviews with Donor Conceived People (DCP): As the person you are interviewing is likely to be talking about a very personal experience and may feel associated trauma, please do all that you can to ensure a feeling of safety and comfort,…
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Birth Registration Reform UK
Birth Registration Reform Group UK: Campaigning for complete and accurate birth certificates.
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The marginalisation of UK DCP
Donor Conceived People have been a marginalised and invisible community in the UK and Ireland for more than 80 years. Unfortunately, this marginalisation continues. February 2026 The Dublin fertility Expo does not include Donor Conceived People: Dublin fertility expo is missing a crucial voice: donor-conceived people like me January 2026 December 2025 The BBC publishes…
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The altruistic nature of egg donation
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Egg Donation
The first person conceived through egg donation was born in Australia in 1983. 2026 WEC_Women and Equalities House of Commons Select Committee Inquiry into Egg donation and freezing PET February 2026: Understanding Egg Donation: The Give and Take PET February 2026: Egg donation ads breached advertising standards
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Am I Adopted?
Many, many DCP have asked, before they knew they were donor conceived, whether they were adopted. Listen to: You Look Like Me, Season 1, Episode 5 “The Adventure Continues” Listen to: You Look Like Me, Season 1, Episode 5 “The Adventure Continues” Adoption and Donor Conception Pre-conception Adopted
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Rejection as a DCP
The stakes are much higher when you are Donor Conceived. Listen to: You Look Like Me, Season 1, Episode 4 “Not So Anonymous”
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The ever evolving emotional rollercoaster of being a DCP
Listen to: You Look Like Me: Season 1, Episode 4 “Not So Anonymous” People who aren’t donor conceived (DC) generally have no concept of the emotional rollercoaster that often comes with being a Donor Conceived Person (DCP) and don’t really understand how the DC journey is forever evolving, regardless of whatever else is going on…