Dealing with Donor Conception

To read these stories at AnonymousUs.org, as well as others, follow https://anonymousus.org/ (this link).

https://anonymousus.org/tell-me-the-truth-about-my-conception/ (Tell Me The Truth About My Conception)

https://anonymousus.org/i-think-about-her-every-day/ (I Think About Her Everyday)

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Human trafficking is big business. How do you spot a predator? What are the signs of psychological abuse? January is Human Trafficking Awareness month and in this episode Alana talks about how these issues impact the donor-conception and surrogacy community.

Episode 19 discusses everything from pregnancy to finances to vaccines to help other moms out there #win at parenthood and the difficult task of raising the next generation (with or without a husband).

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In this episode of Dealing with Donor Conception, Alana tackles the controversial topic of Chastity and its direct correlation to infertility. Both clinically and due to relationship breakdown, lack of chastity can sabotage our ultimate goal of becoming parents in a happy home environment. Learn why and learn strategies you can take to cultivate self-control, boundaries, and better relationships.

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Stephanie Raeymaekers is a Belgian citizen-journalist, activist and founder of Donor Kinderen, and founding member of Donor Detectives. She is a resource for donor-conceived people on their journey to make sense of who they are.

On November 19, 2019, she helped organize a group of donor-conceived offspring to speak at the United Nations at the 30th anniversary of the ratification of the Convention on the Rights of the Child.

Read the Convention on the Rights of the Child https://www.ohchr.org/en/professionalinterest/pages/crc.aspx (here).

Read about Delphine Boël's royal paternity case https://www.vrt.be/vrtnws/en/2019/12/13/analysis-of-king-alberts-dna-may-be-used-as-evidence-in-delphine/ (here).

Read and link to the stories through these links:

https://anonymousus.org/donor-father-seeking-children/ ("Donor Father Seeking Children")

https://anonymousus.org/i-donated-my-semen-experiences-and-reflections/ ("I Donated My Semen: Experiences and Reflections")

https://anonymousus.org/from-an-anonymous-egg-donor/ ("From an Anonymous Egg Donor")

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https://australianplays.org/script/ASC-2068 (https://australianplays.org/script/ASC-2068)

Alana interviews Jane Cafarella, about her 2017 play D-Baby.

DEE, 17, knows there’s something odd about her mother’s story about her absent father, so when she meets fellow Senior ZAC at Medford High School in Boston, Massachusetts, she is intrigued to discover that he is donor conceived and wonders if she is too. Secretly, she begins to search for information and is stunned when she finds what appears to be a donor profile hidden in an ancient family Bible. Why has her mother, JUNE, a passionate Humanist who believes people can be “good without a God”, kept this from her? Desperate to know more, but fearful of upsetting June, Dee persuades Zac to search for their sperm donors together under the guise of a group assignment, unaware that June is secretly seeing a therapist to find the courage to tell her explosive secret. Myth, secrets and lies are interwoven in this tender, funny and sometimes shocking coming-of-age story about a group of people for whom the fundamental human question, "Who Am I?" may be impossible to answer.

Dr. Melissa Moschella is the author of To Whom Do Children Belong? Parental Rights, Civic Education, and Children's Autonomy published in 2016 by Cambridge University Press. She graduated magna cum laude from Harvard University and received her Ph.D. in Political Philosophy from Princeton University. Currently she serves as Assistant Professor of Philosophy at The Catholic University of America, where her teaching and research focus on natural law, biomedical ethics, and the moral and political status of the family.

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https://anonymousus.org/jaws-of-life/ (Jaws of Life) and https://anonymousus.org/egg-donor-regret-and-what-i-didnt-know-at-the-time/ (Egg Donor Regret, and what I didn't know at the time.)

These stories and hundreds more are available at https://anonymousus.org/ (AnonymousUs.org)

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Dr. Patrick Lee is a professor and Director of Bioethics at Franciscan University. He is co-author of the book Body-Self Dualism in Contemporary Ethics and Politics. Discussion touches on the responsibilities we have when we engage in baby-making activities, along with the human tendency to neglect to treat others as whole human beings, complete with a free will, spirit, and mind integrated with their bodies.

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