The Man with 1000 Kids review – yet more proof that we should raze human civilisation to the ground
Mass purge of frozen sperm donations ordered as Queensland audit exposes misidentification risk
June 2024
The Man with 1000 Kids: how a sperm donor deceived parents around the world
He seemed like a kind man just trying to help people conceive … until his serial fertility scam was revealed. The women he duped tell all
May 2024
You wouldn’t believe how difficult it is to buy sperm
‘I would prefer to know’: Kerri has up to 600 siblings. They may finally learn the truth of their origins
April 2024
Dozens of people were conceived from the same Queensland sperm donor. Now two half-sisters hope to unravel their ‘family’ secret
Alexandra Eccles and Lyndal Bubke were conceived from ‘Donor 59’. But the information available to them is scant – and they want that to change
January 2024
UK fertility treatment comparison tool featuring IVF data launched
Dashboard allows people to explore data including egg and sperm donors from 1991 onwards
December 2023
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TV tonight: the fertility doctor who used his own sperm
Seeds of Deceit tells the story of Jan Karbaat, who impregnated more than 65 women. Plus: Panorama explores the scandal of Britain’s water pollution. Here’s what to watch this evening
November 2023
I was conceived with donor sperm – and as a teenager I found out I have 14 ‘diblings’
Freya Stuart-Hopkins
Now, a law change to remove anonymity from donors at birth raises complex questions for donor families like mine, says recent graduate Freya Stuart-Hopkins
April 2023
Dutch court orders sperm donor to stop after 550 children
Nation’s guidelines say no donor should father more than 25 children in 12 families
February 2023
Queensland moves to allow sperm donors to be identified by those conceived via donation
Donor children could contact biological parents before 18 under new proposals
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The ‘wild west’ of online sperm donation in Australia
Best reads of 2023
Strange but ultimately positive genetic discovery reveals up to 1,000 relatives linked to prolific sperm donor
Urgent calls for Australia-wide register of sperm donations amid concerns about ‘prolific’ donors
‘I had two babies born last week’: the unregulated world of Australia’s online sperm donors
January 2023
At last, Britain’s donor-conceived children can know the truth about their origins
Zeynep Gurtin
A culture of secrecy around sperm and egg donations has given way to greater openness, says fertility consultant Zeynep Gurtin
October 2022
‘Miracle’ baby opens debate over possible use of centuries-old sperm
Technology allows sperm to be frozen longer than legal 50-year limit but poses medical and ethical questions
July 2022
Republic of Parenthood
A dilemma for would-be mothers: date to find the right person – or parent solo?
Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett
‘I discovered I have dozens, probably hundreds, of siblings’: Chrysta Bilton’s extraordinary family story
