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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Science
Hannah Devlin

‘You feel a bit mass-produced’: donor-conceived people on the export of UK sperm

Head and shoulders of Emma Dine in a garden
Emma Dine: ‘In seven years I’ve gone from one [half-sibling] to 25.’ Photograph: Dimitris Legakis/Athena Pictures

Experts have warned that sperm donated in the UK is being exported and used to create large numbers of children across multiple countries, contradicting a strict 10-family limit that applies in the UK.

A legal loophole means that while a single donor can be used to create no more than 10 families in UK fertility clinics, there are no restrictions on companies making sperm or eggs available for additional fertility treatments abroad. The Guardian talked to the people affected.

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