Urgent calls for Australia-wide register of sperm donations amid concerns about ‘prolific’ donors
by Tory Shepherd from Science | The Guardian on (#68M06)
Experts say informal donations a huge problem' that could lead to trauma for donor-conceived people who find they have dozens of half siblings
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Advocates are calling for a national register to track sperm donations across states, especially as increasing numbers of informal donations are not recorded at all.
Under the current system, there are various databases and ways of tracking donor conceptions but not a consistent national system - and not one that tracks those conceptions that happen outside of fertility clinics.
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