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For many people, using donated sperm is the only chance they have of fulfilling their dream to have a family.

If you’ve had fertility treatment, you may have frozen embryos which you decide not to use yourself.

In this blog, Ian, founder of testhim, discusses the issue of male infertility and what more needs to be done to shift the “blame” away from women.

In this blog, geneticist Professor Turi King shares her views on donor anonymity in response to the HFEA opening a consultation on UK fertility law.

Many fertility treatments in the UK use donated sperm or eggs. Some people will always have known that they’ll need a donor to have a family. For others, finding out they need a donor can be a real shock. Find out more about using donated eggs, sperm or embryos in your treatment.

Choosing to donate your eggs to someone in need is an amazing, selfless act that gives hope to the thousands of women who are unable to conceive naturally. Find out more about what egg donation involves and if it’s something you can offer.

On 17th April 2018, we implemented a new EU Directive on the importation of sperm and eggs (“gametes”), and embryos, from outside of the European Economic Area (EEA) and Gibraltar.

In this blog, a member of our Patient Engagement Forum shares their experiences of being donor-conceived and shares advice for other donor-conceived people.

Scientists need eggs, sperm and embryos to carry out research to understand and improve fertility treatments. Without this kind of research treatments like IVF wouldn’t exist, and without future research there can be no advancements in treatments, technologies and knowledge.