The marginalisation of UK Donor Conceived People (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…

March 2026

Yet another BBC article and radio programme that doesn’t feature adult Donor Conceived People (DCP):

March 2026: ‘Something wasn’t right’: Wrong sperm given to UK families by IVF clinics in northern Cyprus and Sunshine and Secrets: The hidden side of IVF

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

• The Women and Equalities House of Commons Select Committee 2025-2026 Inquiry into egg donation and freezing failed to have a single egg donor or egg Donor Conceived Person (DCP) speak during their oral evidence sessions.

• The Fertility Show at Olympia London tells us that there are “no opportunities available” for Donor Conceived UK at the Fertility Show in May 2026.

December 2025

The BBC publishes two articles about a Sperm donor with a cancer causing gene but fails to even mention the phrase “Donor Conceived”, referring to the donor- conceived children as just “children”:

Dec 2025: A statement from Donor Conceived UK on the BBC article “Why are sperm donors having hundreds of children?”

Dec 2025: A Statement from Donor Conceived UK on the BBC article “Sperm from donor with cancer-causing gene was used to conceive almost 200 children”