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Posthumous Conception
https://www.hfea.gov.uk/choose-a-fertility-clinic/consent-to-treatment-and-storage
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Intra uterine insemination (IUI)
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Vitrification
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Oocyte Denudation
(NOTE: Medium containing the enzyme hyaluronidase does not harm the oocyte in any way as long as the manufacturer’s instructions are followed by the embryologist) https://www.sigmaaldrich.com/GB/en/technical-documents/technical-article/cell-culture-and-cell-culture-analysis/3d-cell-culture/what-is-hyaluronan?srsltid=AU7gw4WzatO_Ox1jpY7Mx7zFeVf00ZcqRuQldNtXEUV7T_ZDyZIuPtHq https://www.asrm.org/practice-guidance/coding-resources/coding/coding-art-lab-procedures/oocyte-denudation
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Donor Conceived UK Media Quotes
2026 PET August 2026: More UK families treated with wrong donor sperm in Northern Cyprus BBC August 2026: IVF staff accused of misleading UK parents about sperm and egg donors in northern Cyprus (FINALLY, a BBC article about Donor Conception that features adult Donor Conceived People (DCP)!!)
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Donor Conceived UK’s presence in the media
August 2026: IVF staff accused of misleading UK parents about sperm and egg donors in northern Cyprus
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A statement from Donor Conceived UK about the BBC article: “IVF staff accused of misleading UK parents about sperm and egg donors in northern Cyprus”
IVF staff accused of misleading UK parents about sperm and egg donors in northern Cyprus 18th August 2026 These reports are not at all surprising but deeply troubling because they strike at the heart of one of the most fundamental issues in donor conception: the right of Donor Conceived People (DCP) to know the truth…
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Reverse the law that allows freezing of gametes for up to 55 years
Reverse the law that allows freezing of gametes for up to 55 years for the purposes of family building. This is felt to be far too long ethically and not in the best interests of donor conceived people. Having genetic siblings that are potentially 55 years older than them and biological parents that are potentially…
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Changes Donor Conceived UK are advocating for….DRAFT
Illegal to purchase or trade gametes on social media in the UK (like certain social media platforms don’t allow animals to be bought or traded). Human life should NEVER be created “informally”. Far better record keeping in Fertility clinics – the debacle we are seeing now with HFEA Errors. All Historical Recipient Parents (RP’s) tell…
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Timeline version: The Long Path to Lifting Anonymity
1880s. – first public record of donor insemination (AID). Iin the USA. Carried out without the woman’s knowledge; husband informed afterwards By mid twentieth century – several UK clinics. AID considered socially and morally unacceptable. Only for heterosexual couples – told it was better for children not to know. Later emerged doctors were not always…