We have written an article for Ova magazine about UK law on sperm donation. Natalie explains how the rules work and what information you are entitled to – depending on the date you were conceived, and expresses her hope that as there is more openness about donor conception accessing information will be a life-enriching experience for donor-conceived people.
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In 2005, UK law changed to require any donors donating their eggs or sperm (gametes) in UK licensed clinics to be ‘ID-release’. This was a significant pivot from the law pre-2005, under which gamete donors were anonymous. Donor-conceived people born following the 2005 law change, who have the legal right to find out the identity of their donor once they are adults, have now begun to reach the age of 18 from around November 2023.
Natalie was delighted to be interviewed as part of a series of information videos from UK charity The Fertility Alliance. Talking with charity lead Kate Brian, Natalie talks about how the law affects parents conceiving a child with donated gametes or embryos, and the various associated considerations and implications.
Natalie was delighted to be invited to speak at a Royal Courts of Justice event on 5 December 2004 on the issue of legal parenthood, run by the Family Justice Council and discussing whether it was time for the law on parentage to be widened.
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