Using donor sperm

Donor sperm may be available for:

• Women with a male partner (if there are problems with his sperm);
• Women with a female partner, and;
• Women who are single.

Donors can be known to you or they can come from a clinic list.

Some states/territories and fertility clinics have rules around who can use donor sperm. For example, they may have an upper-age cut off for who can use it. Donor sperm can be quite costly to use as well.

If you choose to use donor sperm, all legal and ethical issues will be discussed with you beforehand during a required counselling session.

People using donor sperm have full parental rights and responsibilities over their children (donors do not have any). Children born from donor sperm can also access information about their donor. Health Law Central has some more information about using donor sperm which you may find useful, click here.

If you are considering egg freezing and using donor sperm in the future, you may like to ask your fertility clinic if this is an option without needing to move your frozen eggs.