Victoria opens Australia's first public egg and sperm bank in 'ambitious' bid to reduce fertility barriers to starting a family
1 year, 8 months ago

Victoria opens Australia's first public egg and sperm bank in 'ambitious' bid to reduce fertility barriers to starting a family

ABC  

In short: Victorians hoping to start a family will be able to access sperm and egg donations for free in Australia's first public egg and sperm bank Victorians hoping to start a family will be able to access sperm and egg donations for free in Australia's first public egg and sperm bank What's next? The government has urged Victorians to altruistically donate their sperm or eggs to the fund Australia has opened its first free public egg and sperm bank in Victoria in what a fertility expert has described as an "ambitious" bid to reduce barriers to starting a family. Premier Daniel Andrews said the bank expected to receive about 400 sperm donations and about 40 egg donations per year, amounting to nearly 3,500 IVF cycles per year. As a mother whose son Rory was made possible with the help of a sperm donation, Ms Williams described the free public bank as "a gift" and urged Victorians to consider donating.

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Inside the Facebook group where Australian women subvert the system and go looking for sperm
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Inside the Facebook group where Australian women subvert the system and go looking for sperm

ABC  

It started with a Facebook post tapped out on a whim. A growing number of Australian women are bypassing traditional fertility clinics and seeking out sperm donors online, a practice that concerns some legal and health experts who describe informal sperm donation as a kind of "wild west" — a lawless and unregulated space fraught with safety risks and moral …

Australian sperm donor fathers over 60 kids. This is how he was exposed
2 years ago

Australian sperm donor fathers over 60 kids. This is how he was exposed

Hindustan Times  

A sperm donor, who used fake names to father more than 60 children in Australia, has been exposed after the new parents in a get-together noticed that their babies look similar. The clients of the sperm donor met at a get-together for new parents and were shocked to find similarities between their kids. Dr Anne Clark of Sydney-based ‘Fertility First’ …

NHS opens first sperm bank to help single women, gay couples and those left infertile by cancer treatment conceive
10 years, 4 months ago

NHS opens first sperm bank to help single women, gay couples and those left infertile by cancer treatment conceive

Daily Mail  

Women desperate to have a baby now have access to a national sperm bank. A new national sperm bank has opened offering single women, gay couples and those left infertile by cancer treatment the chance to conceive The centre, which is based at Birmingham Women's Hospital, has received £77,000 in funding from the Department of Health and aims to address …

Strict screening sparks sperm shortage
17 years, 6 months ago

Strict screening sparks sperm shortage

China Daily  

By Miao Xiaojuan Updated: 2007-09-11 07:23 SHANGHAI: The door of hope for many infertile couples in Shanghai has been temporarily shut - and won't reopen until 2009. Bookings for in-vitro fertilization, or IVF - a common method of artificial insemination - are full, according to Renji Hospital-affiliated Shanghai Sperm Bank, the city's only such facility. "We won't accept new patients …

Top specialist wants sperm and egg donors paid
24 years, 11 months ago

Top specialist wants sperm and egg donors paid

The Independent  

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