2009-01-08 The Australian

No roadmaps on sperm donor voyage of discovery

THERE is no emotional roadmap for the journey 19-year-old Riley Denham and his mate, 64-year-old Roger Clarke, have begun.

2008-08-11 theage.com.au

Just another family asking for fairness

IN COMING weeks, state MPs will be asked to examine their consciences in relation to a bill that has enormous implications for me and my family, and for many other families like mine.

2008-08-11 Australian Women Online

Help for parents of donor conceived children

Parents of donor-conceived children are desperately looking for help when trying to tell their children how they were conceived, according to the Infertility Treatment Authority (ITA).

2007-08-08 The Age

Children need the truth of their donated conception

IT'S Time to Tell. The slogan is back, along with the second phase of the Infertility Treatment Authority's campaign to inform parents about how Victoria's infertility laws may affect their lives and parenting choices.

2007-06-02 The Australian

Children of a lesser god

WHEN it comes to in-vitro fertilisation and related reproductive technology, debate tends to centre on the right of all women - single, infertile, post-menopausal or lesbian - to have a child.

2007-05-29 Herald Sun

Half of me is missing

Permalink Professor Margaret Somerville makes extraordinarily good sense - especially for for an ethicist - as she discusses her objection to creating test-tube babies who will never know their real father.

2007-05-16 Brisbane Times

Tell donor kids they're not yours: researcher

People conceived with the help of donor sperm who don't find out until later in life can experience feelings of resentment and a loss of control over their life story, according to a QUT researcher.

2007-04-02 theage.com.au

Life after death: a matter of consent

A WOMAN should be able to have her partner's sperm removed after he dies and use it to conceive a baby without his written consent, according to an expert on medical law.

2007-03-05 The Sydney Morning Herald

Burden of truth

JOSIE Ferraro* has spent the past several months daydreaming in the way familiar to most mothers- to-be. With her first child due this month, she has found herself wondering about the baby growing inside her imagining what it will be when it grows up, if it will have her almond shaped eyes, her caramel...

2007-02-22 Herald Sun

Egg donors in demand

THE number of couples advertising for egg donors has skyrocketed. But fewer women are offering their services as egg donors. Advertisements for egg donors in parenting magazine Melbourne's Child jumped from eight in 2002 to 119 last year, with 26 ads already appearing this year.

2006-12-02 The Australian

The seminal search

THE letters were simple, typed on A4 paper. "Hello, my name is Sue. I am nine years old. I am in Year4 at primary school. I do dancing and netball. I have brown hair and hazel eyes. Could you please tell me what sport you played when you were a child? What kind of job do you do? Could you tell me your first..

2006-11-10 Herald Sun

Surrogacy laws to be reviewed

Senator Stephen Conroy and his wife will have to move from Victoria if they want to be considered the legal parents of their surrogate child. The Victorian federal frontbencher and his wife Paula Benson attended the birth of their daughter, Isabella, in Sydney on Monday.

2006-11-06 Herald Sun

Kids ignore chance to meet donor dads

DESPITE new laws and a statewide advertising campaign, no Victorian children conceived by donor sperm have tried to find their biological parents. More than 100 young Victorians, who have turned or will turn 18 between July and December this year, are eligible under the new consent laws to apply for...

2006-10-25 News Weekly

COMMENT - Should homosexual couples have access to IVF services?

Contents - 11 Mar 2000 EDITORIAL - Whats wrong with Australias defence? - Peter Westmore, President of the National Civic Council Has Beazley got the "ticker" for a tough line on GST? AS THE WORLD TURNS - Virtue: private and public COVER STORY - People on the move: vexed question for government, nation -...

2006-10-25 News Weekly

DOCUMENTATION: IVF - Playing against a stacked deck

Contents - 27 Mar 2004 COVER STORY: The PM, farmers, the FTA and the election - Pat Byrne EDITORIAL: Telstra has lost its way - Peter Westmore CANBERRA OBSERVED: Spending signals start of election campaign ANALYSIS: Australia-US trade deal a monumental folly - Colin Teese STRAWS IN THE WIND: Lilies of the...

2006-05-15 theage.com.au

Honouring the need to know where we came from - Editorial - Opinion

Donor 401 has blue eyes, brown, wavy hair, is 193 centimetres tall and likes to play sports. He also studied for a PhD, loves his mother and - the reason for his notoriety - was an enthusiastic contributor to sperm banks.

2006-05-12 The Age

Ads urge parents to tell children of sperm bank origins

PARENTS of children conceived with donor sperm will be urged by health authorities to tell their children about their origins, in ads to start appearing in newspapers this weekend.

2006-05-11 theage.com.au

Time to break the news to your children - Opinion - theage.com.au

The State Government has asserted what it believes is in a child's best interests. Should children be told they were conceived by sperm or egg donation? Leslie Cannold investigates.