TV Review: ‘Zembla – What are the consequences of the global trade in donor sperm’.

Dr Coco Newton reflects on a recent episode of the Dutch investigative journalism programme, Zembla.

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Select tickets – Coram/TCRU Annual Lecture 2026 – QEII, Coram Campus, 41 Brunswick Sq Coram/TCRU Annual Lecture 2026 – QEII, Coram Campus, 41 Brunswick Sq, Tue 28 Apr 2026 - Stories, silences, and secrets: donor conception, identity and belonging in contemporary families Policy and pra...

New panel announced for our 2026 #TCRU_Coram_AnnualLecture.

Naomi Angell (family law) & Zoe Lambert (lived experience), will explore, alongside Sophie Zadeh, how policy & family forms shape identity & belonging.
28 Apr 2026
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Understanding Egg Donation: The Give and Take This episode of the https://www.spreaker.com/show/progress-educational-trust-podcast discusses the needs and interests of everyone involved in egg donation – including donors, recipients, donor-conceived people, fertility professionals, regulators and policymakers. Aspects discussed include the current https://committees.parliament.uk/work/9442/egg-donation-and-freezing/publications/, launched by the Women and Equalities Committee of the UK's House of Commons. The discussion is chaired by Sarah Norcross (Director of PET), with contributions from: ⚫ Dr Jane Stewart (previously Head of the Newcastle Fertility Centre and Chair of the British Fertility Society) ⚫ Professor Nicky Hudson (Professor of Medical Sociology at Loughborough University) ⚫ Angela Pericleous-Smith (Chair of the British Infertility Counselling Association) ⚫ Sophie Cook (donor-conceived person, conceived with an egg from an anonymous donor) ⚫ Professor Mark Hanson (Emeritus Professor of Human Development and Health at the University of Southampton) PET is grateful to London Egg Bank for supporting this discussion. PET is also grateful to Jon Nicoll, who created the opening and closing music for its podcast. Register at https://www.progress.org.uk/events/upcoming-events/ for upcoming PET events.

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Policy & practice on donor conception in the UK have shifted dramatically. How do these changes shape identity, belonging & lived experience?
Join us for the TCRU/Coram Annual Lecture with Dr Sophie Zadeh & panellists.
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Donor Conception and Genomics: Sperm, Eggs, Embryos, Mitochondria This episode of the https://www.spreaker.com/show/progress-educational-trust-podcast discusses the genetics and genomics of various forms of donor conception, and related scientific and ethical issues. The discussion – which originally took place at the PET Annual Conference – is introduced by Sarah Norcross (Director of PET) and chaired by Professor Karen Sermon (former Chair of the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology), with contributions from: ⚫ Professor Stéphane Viville (founder of the Genetics of Infertility Unit at the University Hospitals of Strasbourg) ⚫ Professor Dagan Wells (Professor of Reproductive Genetics at the University of Oxford and Director of Juno Genetics) ⚫ Professor Michael Parker (Director of the Ethox Centre and of the Global Health Bioethics Network) ⚫ Debbie Kennett (Genetic Genealogist) PET is grateful to the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology for supporting this discussion. PET is also grateful to Jon Nicoll, who created the opening and closing music for its podcast. Register at https://www.progress.org.uk/events/upcoming-events/ for upcoming PET events.

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Prof Nicky Hudson shares eight films in which egg donors discuss different aspects of egg donation in their own words. Watch here: www.progress.org.uk/the-edna-fil...
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Don’t Buy American DNA #donorconception #genetics #ivf #maga #infertility

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Expanding the Digital, Donor-Assisted Conception Tool to Empower Parental Telling and Talking (TELL Tool) Intervention to the Pregnant and Early Parenthood Periods: Findings From a Qualitative Study Background: Many parents who use donor-assisted conception to form their families struggle with telling their children about how they came to be. To address this problem, we created the Tool to Empower Parental TeLling and TaLking or the TELL Tool, a digital, psychoeducational and decision-support intervention for parents with children aged 1 to 16 years. Recently, we completed a pilot randomized controlled trial of the TELL Tool that showed #feasibility, acceptability, and promise. However, in its current version, the TELL Tool does not include content for pregnant, expecting, or new parents with children less than 1 year of age. Objective: The aim of this formative study was to understand the views of pregnant, expecting, and new parents who used donor-assisted conception to form their families along with the views of practicing clinicians about disclosure to expand the TELL Tool for use during the pregnant and early parenthood periods in the United States. Methods: Using a qualitative descriptive approach, a purposive sample of 20 parents and 10 practicing clinicians were recruited using a multifaceted recruitment plan. Each participant completed an in-depth, semi-structured interview over Zoom that was recorded, auto transcribed, checked for accuracy, and subsequently analyzed for themes. The rigorous and accelerated data reduction (RADaR) technique was incorporated into the analytic plan. Results: Parents were comprised of pregnant (n = 6) or new parents (n = 15) as one parent was both pregnant and had a child less than 24 months of age. The ten clinicians, consisting of an array of multidisciplinary healthcare professionals, were practicing in fertility/infertility (n = 4), obstetrics and women’s health (n = 3), and reproductive or family health (n = 3) settings. Four themes were identified from the analysis. In Reasons for What Matters Most, all parents spoke in favor of disclosing to their child(ren) and shared their reasons while clinicians reported the time limitations in clinical settings. In Managing Emotions, Conflicts, and Needs, a myriad of emotions including conflict were entwined in the parents’ experiences and clinicians recognized parents’ feelings and needs as well as their own. Within Desired Content of a Digital Tool, participants provided invaluable feedback on what material and content would be helpful to both parents and clinicians. Participants voiced the design features that would resonate or be useful to them or their patients/clients in Recommended Design and #usability Features. Conclusions: Findings illustrate the distinct needs and desires of parents-to-be, new parents, and clinicians about providing expanded content for the TELL Tool that is informed by current evidence and end users, ultimately advancing best practices in this area. Future plans include testing the TELL Tool tailored to this additional developmental period of pregnancy/early parenthood.

JMIR Formative Res: Expanding the Digital, Donor-Assisted Conception Tool to Empower Parental Telling and Talking (TELL Tool) Intervention to the Pregnant and Early Parenthood Periods: Findings From a Qualitative… #DonorConception #ParentalSupport #ParentingJourney #Psychoeducation #EarlyParenthood

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My existence was bought and paid for at the expense of my own well-being, and not enough people get thiiissssss like even my own mother now fucking gets this.

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🧵Unpopular opinions:

- The fertility INDUSTRY* cannot be reformed because it is an INDUSTRY.

*Specifically the part that centres on donation and surrogacy. I have no issue with people having IVF using their own swimmers and eggs.

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Sperm from donor with cancer-causing gene was used to conceive almost 200 children Some children have already died and only a minority who inherit the mutation will escape cancer in their lifetimes.

International family limits on donor gametes are urgently needed - the psychosocial impact of multiple siblings or, as in this terrible case, the medical impact, can be huge www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... #donorconception

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Only in queer family building, y'all. 😂
Full episode is out now — full ep is out now. Click link below to start listening🌈
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What is the impact of online platforms, such as websites, social media groups and apps, that facilitate sperm donation outside of fertility clinics? Read more in BioNews: www.progress.org.uk/a-deep-dive-...

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Dorian Accoe reflects on the issue within many #fertility clinics and gamete banks, where candidate donors who are #Neurodivergent or have a family history of neurodivergence have been excluded. Read more in BioNews: www.progress.org.uk/neurodiverge...
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Season 20 is coming. Get ready. 🌈

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This moment is pure queer parenting chaos, and I loved every second.
🎧 Full episode with @gays_with_kids founder Brian Rosenberg is out now. Part of our Pride Extravaganza!
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