Articles & Issues
ISSUES
The Donor Sibling Registry looks forward to collaborating on several informational papers on various issues affecting the donor conception community.
Wendy Kramer's Speech, 3/28/08 (PDF), The DSR: Educating, Connecting and Supporting Donor Families. 3/08 Tracking Change DePaul Law School Symposium
Are You Thinking of Donating Sperm? (PDF)
Donor Disclosure: When Telling the Truth to Your Child Isn’t Easy, and What to Do About It (PDF)
Telling and Talking - A Series of Booklets produced by the 'How to Tell' Project. The Donor Conception Network’s ‘Telling and Talking’ series of materials give detailed information, advice and tips for the parents of donor conceived children on how to approach telling their child. These booklets are aimed at parents of children aged 0 – 7, 8 – 11, 12 – 16 and young people and adults over the age of 17. The PDF's can be downloaded for free.
http://www.donor-conception-network.org/telltalkpubs.htm
In addition, if you are trying to Decide Which Sperm Bank to Use: I can give my impressions as to which sperm banks I think are more receptive to the needs of donor families. Feel free to contact me.
Articles of Interest
Donor Offspring May Feel Betrayal, Anger: Study Medical News Today (PDF)
ADVANCE Article
Necessary Subjects: The Need for a Mandatory National Donor Gamete Registry (PDF)4/1/08, By Naomi Cahn
It's Time For An Egg Donor Registry & Long Term Followup (PDF)Genetics and Society, 11/14/2007, by Dr. Jennifer Schneider
A Legal Case Against Sperm Donors (PDF) by Thomas K. Sylvester
States Urged to Open Adoption Records (PDF) CNN.com
Ryan and Anna: Two Half Siblings Meet (PDF) American Fertility Association Newsletter May 2007
Ken Daniels Donor gametes:anonymous or identified?(PDF)
Men Still Donating Sperm (PDF) Manchester Evening News
DNA & the Exploding Myth of Donor Anonymity (PDF) American Fertility Association Newsletter April 2007
The Truth About Donor 1084 (PDF)SELF Magazine, by Jennifer Wolff
Fairfax Cryobank Response to Editor (PDF)
Informing Offspring of Their Conception by Gamite Donation
Ethics Committee of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine
Should I Tell & When To Tell
by Ellen Singer, LCSW-C, Adoption Program Specialist
"Anonymous Sperm Donor Traced On Internet"
New Scientist.com
Sperm Bank of California Research
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