Switched Before Birth: How a mislabeled vial upended my family’s world
Casey Duncan is the recipient parent to two donor conceived people. One of them was “switched before birth.”
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=U.S. Donor Conceived Council Response to “How Expensive Will Colorado Sperm Be, Come 2025?”, Above the Law, May 8, 2024
USDCC addresses criticisms of Colorado's Donor Conceived Persons Protection Act and proposed rules.
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Colorado General Assembly Clarifies Language in “Donor-Conceived Persons Protection Act” and Extends Compliance Deadline
The Colorado General Assembly gave final approval to amend the Donor Conceived Persons Protection Act to update definitions and provide more clarity as the legislation moves closer to going into effect in 2025.
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=Ask a Therapist: Estrangement after Ignoring Child’s Curiosity about the Donor
A recipient parent wonders how to fix a strained relationship with her child after failing to respond to the child's curiosity about the donor while growing up.
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=Ask a Therapist: Discussing and Building Relationships with Donor Siblings
A recipient parent wonders how to discuss their child's donor siblings and when to establish a relationship.
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Alabama High Court Ruling Also Harmful to Donor Conceived People and Their Families
USDCC joins others to express concerns about the potential implications of the Supreme Court of Alabama’s opinion in LePage v. The Center for Reproductive Medicine, P.C.
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=My Donor Conception Nightmare: Fertility Fraud Leads to Accidental Incest
When Victoria Hill took a commercial DNA test, she not only learned she was donor conceived but that her mother was the victim of fertility fraud. And that her high school boyfriend was her half brother.
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Ask a Therapist: How Can I Convince My Wife to Reach Out to Our Sperm Donors?
A parent wonders how to convince their wife that they should reach out to their sperm donors for the sake of their children.
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Uniform Law Commission Amends the Uniform Parentage Act to Require Disclosure of Donor Identifying Information Upon Request
The Uniform Law Commission announced the official amendment of Article 9 of the Uniform Parentage Act which will now require gamete banks to provide a donor’s identifying information to a resulting adult donor conceived person upon request. USDCC played an active role in securing this amendment.
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Ask a Therapist: How to Do Single Parenthood by Choice “Right”
An intended parent wonders whether it is possible to do single parenthood by choice "right."
