Secrets of the father become the mysteries of the child | theage.com.au

http://m.theage.com.au/victoria/secrets-of-the-father-become-the-mysteries-of-the-child-20110730-1i5fe.html

Is Your Sperm Donor Dapper? - Jezebel

The worlds of donor conception and mens fashion have finally intersected.


http://m.jezebel.com/5824506/is-your-sperm-donor-dapper

Since You Asked: The Story Of Our Baby's Sperm Donor : The Baby Project : NPR

http://www.npr.org/blogs/babyproject/2011/07/28/138746511/since-you-asked-the-story-of-our-babys-sperm-donor

Egg Donor Law Suit ~ EGGSPLOITATION? THINK AGAIN~

To those who think egg donors are making tons of $ in the wild west of unregulated reproductive medicine (which it is), think again....This young woman thinks the ASRM guidelines is what prevents them from making more. And that doesn't sound like coercion or exploitation to me either.


The Faculty Lounge: ASRM Seeks Dismissal of Egg Donor Suit

http://www.thefacultylounge.org/2011/07/asrm-seeks-dismissal-of-egg-donor-suit.html

Egg Donation: One of Hollywood’s Dirty Little Secrets? -- Blogger -- FertilityAuthority.com

Thanks to Marna Gatlin of PVED.ORG, we might someday have a celebrity spokesperson.

http://www.fertilityauthority.com/blogger/marnad1963/2011/07/18/egg-donation-one-hollywood%e2%80%99s-dirty-little-secrets

DI Mom Tamar Abrams: Offspring of Egg and Sperm Donors to Benefit From New Law

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/tamar-abrams/offspring-of-egg-and-sper_b_907447.html

From the UK-BioNews - Improve donor recruitment: listen to donors

While I'm not looking to sugar coat the issue (but looking to usurp the accusations coming in my direction anyway;) I would also look at how patient satisfaction differs across various sectors to see how this compares. Its all relative as they say.
Compensated or not, I expect all medical patients to be treated with kindness, respect and good care. I would be devastated beyond consoling to ever find that someone was harmed due to negligence or out of fierce profit motives on my behalf. The world is not perfect, regulation of the fertility industry may or may not ever happen.
People usually come to any life-cycle decision, such as whether to donate or receive, with a fair amount of thought behind them and expectations going in. Our medical system leaves a lot to be desired by any patient/consumer. To paint a picture and have phrases constantly out there (but just to be clear, NOT in this article from Bio News UK, but in the previous donor article linked to on this blog from the NYTimes Motherlode blog) such as "used and forgotten", does not help anyone. It really doesn't. Least of all, my kids.


http://www.bionews.org.uk/page_102800.asp?dinfo=YNph1tXOsnQ6BdCg7jV2xd6s

July 22, 2011 An Egg Donor Writes to the NYTimes.com Motherlode Blog About Her Experience

http://parenting.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/07/22/an-egg-donor-responds/

Donor Conceived Blogger

http://connectitblog.blogspot.com/?m=1

When Is Love Not Enough? | Psychology Today

Interview on Transracial Parenting and Single Parenting via Donor Conception:mamacandtheboys.....
http://m.psychologytoday.com/blog/what-the-wild-things-are/201107/when-is-love-not-enough