More and more donor children want to know their donor father

21-06-2022

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More and more donor children want to know their donor father

In the Netherlands, more and more donor-conceived people want to know their biological father. Or who was the sperm donor that is the father of their child.

From its nature, a fertility clinic is doing much behind closed doors. But do we know what is going there? Picture: a clinic on the Israeli Westbank. Photo AFP, Jaafar Ashtiyeh

Six questions about the Dutch sperm gate: this is just the beginning

Four fertility doctors in the Netherlands used their own semen to help their ‘clients’. Not just once, but many times. One of them has more than 80 children. It might sound like Wild West, but this is just the beginning.

Dutch government not able to set limit on sperm donations

It is impossible to regulate that sperm donors conceive a maximum number of offspring with desirable parents. Dutch Health Minister Ernst Kuipers wrote in a letter to the Parliament that he has "no means" to stop this phenomenon.

Ukrainian hotel for babies born from surrogacy. Photo AFP, Sergei Supinsky

European Parliament: Surrogacy is reproductive exploitation

The European Parliament condemns surrogacy, saying it is a form of reproductive exploitation. It did so in its resolution on the impact of the Ukrainian war on women at a plenary session in Strasburg.

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