Sperm-donor children face challenges in learning their medical history - The Washington Post

I don't disagree with the reasons for wanting medical information from donors, but the last statement of the article Is kind of ridiculous if you ask me. Who has any say in what situation they are born into?

http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/sperm-donor-children-face-challenges-in-learning-their-medical-history/2011/07/01/gIQAX9hwzK_story_1.html

Sperm Donor Tv Show Clips

MAYBE I'LL JOIN THE DSR WHEN WE MEET WENDY IN PERSON AT THE NYC GATHERING DINNER ON OCTOBER 17,2011....


FROM WENDY KRAMER:
Our sperm donor tv show airs this week (these times are Eastern, check your local listings for the Style Network).


This show gives the public the unique opportunity to see how donor conceived people, their parents and grandparents, and a donor and his fiancée', redefine family as they connect with one another.

http://www.mystyle.com/mystyle/b7656_74_kids_more_on_way_style_presents.html


Tuesday, Sep 27, 6:00 am, 9:00 pm
Wednesday, Sep 28, 12:00 am, 4:00 pm, 11:00 pm
Thursday, Sep 29, 2:00 am, 12:00 pm, 7:00 pm


Promo: http://youtu.be/Ri1_wHySaxk


Two clips:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SNX3zErjqww
http://youtu.be/oK1s1LM1Hno


Wendy Kramer
www.donorsiblingregistry.com
303-258-0902


"There are only two lasting bequests we can hope to give our children. One is roots; the other wings." - Hodding Carter

U.S. fertility specialist says hysteria over egg donation unfounded

Dr Stillman of Shady Grove defends the industry.


"He called for a number of universal standards to be put in place over the under-regulated egg donation industries in both Canada and the U.S.


Among them, he suggested a national donor registry that sets a limit on the number of times a woman could donate eggs; standardized informed consent on how many eggs a doctor can harvest; pre and post-psychological and medical checkups and standardized prices for egg donation."


Sounds pretty reasonable and open-minded to me. Very nice to hear from someone from within the industry.


Jennifer Lahl, on the other hand,
Is quoted as saying that ivf "has created a society ok with 'babies without sex'."


She said it when I asked her at the screenings of Eggsploitation on Feb 3rd, that its not just donor ivf that she wants to stop, she would like to see an end to all ivf.

http://www.montrealgazette.com/touch/story.html?id=5444477

MyStyle Story:Sperm Donor Premieres September 27 on Style

http://www.mystyle.com/mystyle/b7656_sperm_donor_premieres_september_27_on.html
PRODUCED BY WENDY KRAMER OF THE DONOR SIBLING REGISTRY. WENDY AND HER SON RYAN KRAMER WILL BE OUR GUESTS AT THE NYC GATHERING DINNER ON OCTOBER 17TH, 2011. PLEASE EMAIL SAXEL95@AOL.COM TO REGISTER FOR THIS EVENT.

Radio Boston:The Thorny Issues Of The Fertility Industry,the subject of a new reality TV show set to air on the Style channel next week, “Style Exposed: Sperm Donor.”

The subject of a new reality TV show set to air on the Style channel next week, "Style Exposed: Sperm Donor", discussed on Radio Boston.


Should donors be allowed anonymity? Should there be a limit to how much money donors receive, or the number of times they donate? And, in the Internet age, how much should donor children be allowed to know about their true genetic backgrounds?


Guests:


Debora L. Spar, president, Barnard College; author, "The Baby Business: How Money, Science, and Politics Drive the Commerce of Conception"


Liz Coolidge, coordinator, Alternative Insemination Program and LGBT Family and Parenting Services, Fenway Health

http://radioboston.wbur.org/2011/09/21/the-thorny-issues-of-the-fertility-industry

Conversation with Amy Demma on NPR Program and Donor Anonymity

Good questions as always, Amy. Is the broad range of perspectives on the meaning of egg donors+egg donation a reflection on the deeper meaning of motherhood in general and is there a different set of complexities involved in de than there is in ds? Is it simply less black+white for de than ds?


Please see Amy's comment to this post. Thanks Amy, 

Amy Demma Comments on NPR Program

I am convinced that we will see these same stories as the egg donor conceived population matures. Why are we not talking, in a broader context about what we can learn from past years of both adoption and sperm donor practices? Are we sticking out heads in the sand? Is better educating donors about social/legal implications the answer?

NPR:Donor-Conceived Children Seek Missing Piece Of Identity

http://www.npr.org/2011/09/18/140477014/donor-conceived-children-seek-missing-identities

New York, NY: 'The ethics of telling children if they were donorconceived', Sept 15

Found out about this too late to attend but please do report back if you can. I wonder what would be unethical, very interested to hear about this perspective.


The ethics of telling children if they were donor conceived
Speaker: John Appleby, Welcome Trust Fellow in Bioethics, Cambridge
University, UK


Sept 15/11. 6:00-7:30pm. Columbia University, Morningside Campus, New York
NB. The following location are both given in various notices about this
event, so check with Meghan Sweeney, to be sure which one is correct before
going:
* Hamilton 516
* Fayerweather 310


Presented by The Columbia Master of Science in Bioethics program
RSVP: Meghan Sweeney, ms4184@columbia.edu

A New Book by Sharon LaMothe for the Children of Surrogates: Surrogacy Helps Make a Family Grow!

A New Book by Sharon LaMothe for the Children of Surrogates: Surrogacy Helps Make a Family Grow!
I am thrilled to announce that my book, Surrogacy Helps Make a Family Grow!, is available on Amazon.com for those living and working in the world of surrogacy......Please see Sharons comment to this post, further clarification that this book is meant for the children of the Gestational Carrier. 

Sperm Donation Seems Simple, but Isn't - Room for Debate - NYTimes.com

An Excellent Panel for a Debate about Donor Anonymity


Lawlessness Has Had Its Upsides
David Plotz, author and editor of Slate


A Rush to Pass Laws
Jamie Grifo, program director, N.Y.U.
Fertility Center


Restoring the Human Connection
Colton Wooten, writer
Wild West of Fertility


Debora L. Spar, president, Barnard College


Proceed With Caution
Lori Andrews, professor, Chicago-Kent College of Law


Victimizing Gays and Lesbians
Beth Littrell, staff attorney, Lambda Legal


End the Anonymity
Naomi R. Cahn, law professor and Wendy Kramer, Donor Sibling Registry


A Private-Sector Problem
Charles A. Sims, president, California Cryobank


Rules Can Hurt the Vulnerable
Sujatha Jesudason, executive director, Generations Ahead


Start With Some Hard Questions
Robert G. Brzyski, American Society for Reproductive Medicine ethics committee

http://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2011/09/13/making-laws-about-making-babies/sperm-donation-seems-simple-but-isnt

In Canada:Surrogate not legally a baby’s mother, judge rules

Note the language in the article. Neither the Donor or GC are considered a Parent.


"...granting John and Bill's request, supported by Mary (gestational carrier via donor ovum and one father's sperm), to remove Mary's name from Sarah's birth certificate, Madame Justice Jacelyn Ann Ryan-Froslie of the province's Court of Queen's Bench, noted that the law defines a "mother" as the woman who delivered a child, and presumes she is also a parent, which is no longer always true.


Being a parent is an important legal designation, she wrote, and it does not apply to Mary, who surrendered all parental rights to John and Bill after Sarah's birth."


Full article here:

http://www.nationalpost.com/m/blog.html?b=news.nationalpost.com/2011/09/13/surrogate-not-legally-a-babys-mother-judge-rules&s=Opinion

N.J. Supreme Court starts session with an egg donor/surrogacy case.

http://nj.com/advnj/db_/contentdetail.htm?contentguid=amhHwqm3&full=true#display

The NYC Gathering Dinner Meetings September 20th, October 17th.

Tuesday September 20, 6-8pm in Midtown with Special Guest, Judy Kottick, LCSW. The topic will be, "How to Talk with the Others in Your Life about Donor Conception".


Monday October 17, 6-9pm in Midtown with Special Guests, Wendy Kramer and her son Ryan Kramer of The Donor Sibling Registry.


Please Register for these events to Saxel95@aol.com.
Sara Axel
516-967-7430

Provocative New Documentary “Sperm Donor” Premieres Sept. 27 On Style - Ratings | TVbytheNumbers

http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2011/09/07/provocative-new-documentary-%E2%80%9Csperm-donor-premieres-sept-27-on-style/102864/

From Wendy Kramer: Today's NY Times/Tomorrow the Today Show

One Sperm Donor, 150 Offspring
New York Times. Sept 5/11
http://tinyurl.com/NYT-2011-09-05
 


The Today Show will have me live from home (er....I mean DSR World Headquarters) tomorrow morning (Wednesday). 
They are also filming Ryan tonight in Pasadena for the piece.


Wendy Kramer
www.donorsiblingregistry.com
303-258-0902


"There are only two lasting bequests we can hope to give our children. One is roots; the other wings." - Hodding Carter

NYT: One Sperm Donor, 150 Sons,The DSR,ASRM Ethics Committee and more

By JACQUELINE MROZ
September 06, 2011

http://nytimes.com/2011/09/06/health/06donor.xml

A conversation in the UK.Was it right to lift anonymity for egg donors?

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/newsdebate/f/t-10236213/p-1/index.html