How do donor conceived children fare and feel?

A new report examines the outcomes

July 14, 2010 | by Charles Andreasen , Researcher, Institute of Marriage and Family Canada
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Endnotes

  1. Lévesque, L. (2010, July 13). Quebec women to get free fertility treatments. The Toronto Star. Retrieved July 14, 2010 from http://www.thestar.com/article/835265--quebec-women-to-get-free-fertility-treatments-beginning-this-summer.
  2. Marquardt, E., Glenn, N., and Clark, C. (2010). My Daddy’s name is Donor. New York: The Institute for American Values. Retrieved July 5, 2010 from  http://www.familyscholars.org/assets/Donor_FINAL.pdf pp. 17.
  3. Marquardt et al., p. 5.
  4. Marquardt et al., p. 7.
  5. Marquardt et al., p. 61.
  6. Department of Justice of Canada. (2004). C-2: An Act respecting human assisted reproduction and related research. Retrieved July 12, 2010 from http://laws.justice.gc.ca/eng/A-13.4/page-1.html#anchorbo-ga:s_1
  7. Four years later, the agency has yet to develop and enforce any of its regulations. With a 10 million dollar budget and no action taken, three members of the committee’s board have resigned while several MPs have called for the dissolution of the committee due to its inaction and what is seen as a poor use of funds. For more see story: Disband Canada’s Fertility Industry Watchdog: MP. (2010, June 15). National Post. Retrieved July 12, 2010 from http://www.nationalpost.com/news/Disband+fertility+industry+monitor/3156448/story.html
  8. Collier, R. (2010, February 23). Sperm donor pool shrivels when payments cease. Canadian Medical Association Journal. Retrieved July 12, 2010 from http://www.cmaj.ca/cgi/content/full/182/3/233
  9. B.C. court issues injunction in class-action over sperm, egg donor births. (2009, October 28). CBC News. Retrieved July 12, 2010 from http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2008/10/28/bc-donor-births-lawsuit.html
    The date of her court case is alluded to under her Family Scholars blogger profile. Retrieved July 14, 2010 from http://familyscholars.org/bloggers/
  10. Marquardt et al., pp. 61.
  11. Marquardt et al., pp. 63.
  12. Marquardt et al., pp. 65.
  13. Marquardt et al., pp. 56.
  14. Marquardt et al., pp. 58.
  15. Marquardt et al., pp. 73.