Sperm donor makes his ‘royal progress’ in Queensland
Here is a real-life scenario begging for a novelist or a reality-TV producer. Adam Hooper is a 37-year-old man from Perth who has 2 children...
The perilous world of Facebook sperm donors
Using Facebook to find a sperm donor is very dangerous. This is the lesson from a judgement handed down in the UK Family Court. Mrs...
Singapore faces legal and ethical challenges with sperm and egg donation
In recent year, Singapore has seen increasing utilization of IVF and other new assisted reproductive technologies, similar to the trend in many developed countries worldwide....
Sperm donation: a complicated business
Research into online sperm donation. An English university is embarking upon a four-year study of on-line sperm donation. Leeds Beckett University, in West Yorkshire, will...
How Denmark has become the solution to Belgium’s sperm donor drought
Belgium has a sperm donor shortage because it has abolished donor anonymity. This is leading women to use Danish sperm banks. According to recent media...
Sperm donor has 55 offspring
Champion sperm donor Kyle Gordy is in the news again. Last year he was featured in the New York Times as one of a number...
Landmark fertility fraud case settled in Vermont for US$5.25 million
In a landmark case of fertility fraud, a jury has awarded a woman in Vermont US$5.25 million dollars in damages because her family doctor used...
Global sperm market reaches nearly US$5 billion
The global market for human sperm generated US$4.74 billion in 2019 and by 2027 will reach $4.86 billion, according to a market report from Allied...
Washington state may criminalise fertility fraud
As more and more people discover through DNA tests that they are “doctor-conceived” instead of donor-conceived, Washington State’s Senate Committee on Law and Justice is...
Dutch IVF doctor secretly fathered at least 21 children
A third doctor who used his own sperm to inseminate his patients has surfaced in the Netherlands. A DNA investigation has shown that Dr Jan...
Meet the ‘world’s most prolific sperm donor’
An Englishman who describes himself as the "world's most prolific sperm donor", says he has fathered 129 children, and another nine on the way. His...
French doctors accused of ‘fertility fraud’
For the first time in France, doctors have been accused of “fertility fraud”. An association which links donor-conceived children with parents, PMAnonyme, notified authorities that...