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Victoria's sperm donor laws yield some surprises, but mostly happy ones

Written by Karin Hammarberg, Senior Research Fellow, Jean Hailes Research Unit, School of Public Health & Preventive Medicine, Monash University

At least half of the donors who had donated anonymously were in favour of their offspring being able to know their identity.Shutterstock

Many Victorians are now discovering for the first time that they have offspring from sperm donations made in Victorian clinics in the 1970s and 1980s.

These findings were revealed in a new report released earlier...

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