March 22, 2005

sperm and egg donor anonymity

Speakers:
Professor Alison Murdoch, Chair Of The British Fertility Society and Senior Lecturer, Newcastle Centre For Life
Dr Allan Pacey, Secretary Of The British Fertility Society and Senior Lecturer, Sheffield University
Prof Erica Haimes, Professor of Sociology, Newcastle University

Experts in donor fertility treatments outline how new legislation removing donor anonymity, which comes into force on 1st April 2005, will affect sperm and egg donation from social impacts on the donor and recipient to changes in donation rates and possible ‘fertility tourism’.