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The End of Anonymity in Sperm Donations May Alter Holiday Dinner Invite Lists
Accepting that the rise of DNA testing means sperm donors are no longer untraceable, governments are outlawing their anonymity altogether. The changes have been driven in large part by donor-conceived communities, who insist they have a “right to know” about their genetic heritage.
Georgia’s Proposed Ban Could Change the Landscape for Hired Pregnancies
If a ban on international surrogacy comes into force in the Black Sea country, swelling demand across the globe means it will simply move elsewhere: Clinics in Albania are already looking into how to capitalize on the potential gap in the market. Just as panicked couples once moved their embryos from war-stricken Kyiv to Tbilisi, family lawyers say they are now shipping embryos from Georgia to Albania, hoping to find a surrogate there instead.