I’m fairly surprised by this response, this doesn’t match what I have read. The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority imposes a limit for sperm and egg donors to donate to a maximum of ten families in the UK, although there is no limit on how many children might be born to these ten families (I’m struggling to link, but google ‘HFEA ten family limit’). But realistically, they won’t all want to have three children.
I’m curious whether you have a source for the claim that 99% of prospective sperm donors in the UK get rejected? I’m much less confident about this, but this doesn’t line up with my impression. I also didn’t have the impression they were particularly picky about egg donors, unlike in the US.
But yes, it’s true for sperm and egg donors alike that in the UK they can be contacted once the offspring turns 18.
Hmmmm, this is all what I was told at one place. Maybe some of these rules — 30 kids max, donating for a year at a minimum, or the 99% figure — are specific to that company, rather than being UK-wide norms/regulations.
Or perhaps they were rounding up to 99% to just mean ‘the vast majority’.
I’d forgotten about the ten family limit, thanks for the reminder.
Like you I have the impression that they’re much less selective on eggs.
I’m fairly surprised by this response, this doesn’t match what I have read. The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority imposes a limit for sperm and egg donors to donate to a maximum of ten families in the UK, although there is no limit on how many children might be born to these ten families (I’m struggling to link, but google ‘HFEA ten family limit’). But realistically, they won’t all want to have three children.
I’m curious whether you have a source for the claim that 99% of prospective sperm donors in the UK get rejected? I’m much less confident about this, but this doesn’t line up with my impression. I also didn’t have the impression they were particularly picky about egg donors, unlike in the US.
But yes, it’s true for sperm and egg donors alike that in the UK they can be contacted once the offspring turns 18.
Hmmmm, this is all what I was told at one place. Maybe some of these rules — 30 kids max, donating for a year at a minimum, or the 99% figure — are specific to that company, rather than being UK-wide norms/regulations.
Or perhaps they were rounding up to 99% to just mean ‘the vast majority’.
I’d forgotten about the ten family limit, thanks for the reminder.
Like you I have the impression that they’re much less selective on eggs.