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Colorado General Assembly Clarifies Language in “Donor-Conceived Persons Protection Act” and Extends Compliance Deadline

Alabama High Court Ruling Also Harmful to Donor Conceived People and Their Families

U.S. Donor Conceived Council Elects 2024 Leadership Team and Announces Expansion

Uniform Law Commission Amends the Uniform Parentage Act to Require Disclosure of Donor Identifying Information Upon Request

U.S. Donor Conceived Council Statement in Response to “A Sperm Donor Chases a Role in the Lives of the 96 Children He Fathered,” The Wall Street Journal, August 27, 2023

USDCC Statement in Response to What Makes Family? Advocates Debate Importance of Biological Ties, The Wall Street Journal, June 25, 2023

U.S. Donor Conceived Council Announces 2023 Leadership

Colorado Enacts First U.S. Law Abolishing Anonymous Gamete Donation (PDF)

Colorado Passes First Act in Nation Providing Protections for Donor Conceived People (PDF)

Sperm Donors May Not Be as Anonymous as They Think, Kate Silver, WebMD, Feb. 5, 2024

These women discovered they were siblings. Then, they found hundreds more. It has taken a toll., Katie Camero, USA Today, Jan. 23, 2024

Sperm Donor Makes Shocking Discovery: ‘I’m the Biological Father of 97 Kids’ — and Likely More (Exclusive), Johnny Dodd & Hannah Sacks, People, Jan. 23, 2024 (feature article on USDCC Director of Sperm Donor Resources Dylan Stone-Miller)*

*this article incorrectly refers to Stone-Miller fighting for “pregnancy limits” rather than the correct term of “family limits”

What Makes Family? Advocates Debate Importance of Biological Ties, Amy Dockser Marcus, The Wall Street Journal, June 25, 2023

Two Children Learn the Truth About Their Donor Father and Build A New Family, Amy Dockser Marcus, The Wall Street Journal, June 16, 2023 (feature article on USDCC President Tiffany Gardner)

Adopted And Donor-Conceived Kids Deserve The Truth. They Don’t Always Get It., Marie Holmes, HuffPost, May 4, 2023

Egg and Sperm Donors Could Be Required to Share Their Medical Records, Grace Browne, WIRED, Aug. 23, 2022

Federal Legislation Introduced to Require Egg and Sperm Donor Background Verification, Ellen Trachman, Above the Law, July 27, 2022

Colorado Bans Anonymity, Alison Motluck, HeyReproTech, June 7, 2022

New Colorado Law Protects Children, Families Conceived Via Assisted Reproduction, Anagha Srikanth, Rewire News Group, June 6, 2022

Colorado’s welcome commitment to truth and transparency for people parented by donors, Rich Urhlaub, The Colorado Sun, June 5, 2022

Colorado is the first state to abolish anonymous sperm and egg donors. Activist Erin Jackson on why that matters, Sara Luterman, The 19th*, June 3, 2022

What Do the Donor-Conceived Have a Right to Know?, Amy Dockser Marcus, The Wall Street Journal, June 2, 2022

Colorado becomes first state to ban anonymous sperm and egg donations, Sam Tabachnik, The Denver Post, June 1, 2022

As DNA Donors’ Secrets Emerge, What Should the Children Know?, Amy Dockser Marcus, The Wall Street Journal, May 27, 2022

‘This is a loophole’ | Why a family created via anonymous sperm donation wants to see industry changes, Marcella Robertson, WUSA9.com, May 18, 2022

Fertility treatment use is on the rise – new legislation could increase protections for donors and families in an industry shrouded in secrecy, Naomi Cahn and Sonia Suter, The Conversation, May 3, 2022

BioHacked: Family Secrets Episode 9 “Anger to Action” (featuring Erin Jackson & Tyler Sniff), April 27, 2022

Sperm donation is largely unregulated, but that could soon change as lawsuits multiply, Naomi Cahn and Sonia Suter, The Conversation, January 18, 2022