News: Donor conception - Health issues

Updated: Feb 14/10

For Offspring
• The hidden health risks for children of sperm donors (Oct 7, 2008. Daily Mail)
• The case for comprehensive medical testing of gamete donors  (May 26/09. BioNews)
• Fatal heart condition passed on by sperm donor [to 9/24 offspring] (Oct 25/09. BioNews 531)
• Tracing her father could save Alison Davenport's life (Dec 21/09. The Daily Telegraph)

For Egg Donors
• Egg donors need long-term follow-up (By Jennifer Schneider, MD, PhD; & Wendy Kramer. BioNews. Jan 19/09 )
• My daughter, an egg donor? (By Angie Best-Boss. Nov 18/08)
• Egg Donation for IVF & Stem Cell Research: Time to Weigh the Risks to Women’s Health - It’s Time for an Egg donor Registry and Long-term Follow-up (Testimony by Jennifer Schneider, MD. Nov 14/07 USA Congressional Briefing on Human Egg Trafficking)
• What’s the Risk in Donating an Egg (Mar 11, 2009. The Jewish Journal)
• Extreme money making (Mar 23/09. WPM-TV)
• As Egg Donations Mount, So Do Health Concerns (Time. Mar. 31, 2009)
• Woman X: My Story as an Egg Donor (Centre for BioEthics & Culture Network. May/09)
• Warning for California egg donors (Oct 17/09. BioEdge)
• Eggsploitation (Documentary on the hidden dangers, health risks & exploitation of young women through egg donation by the fertility industry)

For Recipients
• The Shadow Within (By Anne Malave, PhD. Spring 2006 ASRM-MHPG newsletter)