On the 6th of March, we were invited by the European Centre for Law and Justice, to come and speak at their event at the United Nations in Genève. Other speakers were the British donor conceived Dr. Joanna Rose and professor Clotilde Brunette-Pons. Our presentations have been recorded and will soon be made available online. In […]
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Sunday the 24 of September, somewhere around 8 o’clock in the morning. Holding pamphlets in one hand and a statement on our t-shirt, we headed off in the direction of Brussels-Central station and the Hilton Hotel. Just like the previous year the American organization Men Having Babies choose this venue to promote their services. And […]
Our personal story is just one out of a towering pile. We have decided to share it to make the implications of the social experiment called donor conception visible to others. Affecting generations of people, it’s not only time to name but also to address the injustice that is inflicted on those involved. My name […]
The possible outsourcing of a pregnancy continues to stir up the emotions. Surrogacy already takes places in my country but now that foreign companies threaten to take control of the market, our Senate decided to address the issue. Taking hostage by the assumption that if something is possible or already happening, we should not only […]
Introduction In Belgium donor conceived children have no right to know who they descent from, nor are there any means to track down half siblings or our medical information. We don’t even have a national register that keeps track of the amount of children per sperm/egg donor. For over 65 years the Belgian fertility industry has […]
I never thought that my email to a journalist of a Belgian paper would cause so much of a stir or attract so much media attention. A week upfront I informed her about the Surrogacy Conference that was going to take place in Brussels on the 3rd of May. It was not just any conference, but […]
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