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Evening Standard
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Ella Pickover

Number of babies born from donor sperm triples in just over a decade

70,000 babies have been born as a result of donor eggs, sperm or embryos since 1991, according to a new report (Andrew Matthews/PA) (Picture: PA Archive)

The number of babies born by sperm donation has tripled in the last 13 years, new figures show.

Some 2,800 children were born from sperm donation in 2019 – up from 900 in 2006, according to new figures from the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA).

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