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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…
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Sperm and Egg donation as a ‘gift’
You cannot ‘gift’ a human being. This is called human trafficking.
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Meeting a “new” half siblings for the first time
You Look Like Me: Season 1, Episode 3 “Memories Missed”
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When to tell the Truth
You Look Like Me:
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A Statement from Donor Conceived UK on the BBC article “Sperm from donor with cancer-causing gene was used to conceive almost 200 children”
“Sperm from donor with cancer-causing gene was used to conceive almost 200 children” 10 December 2025 Donor Conceived UK is deeply concerned that this BBC article fails to use the term donor conceived or to include the voices of Donor Conceived People (DCP), despite reporting on an issue that affects our community most directly. We welcome the BBC giving prominent coverage to serious…
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A statement from Donor Conceived UK on the BBC article “Why are sperm donors having hundreds of children?”
Why are sperm donors having hundreds of children? – BBC News 13th December 2025 Donor Conceived UK is deeply concerned that this BBC article discusses the impact of sperm donation practices without including the voices of Donor Conceived People (DCP) themselves. Reporting on issues of identity, kinship and lifelong consequences without first-hand testimony from those most affected risks…
