Resource library for the donor-gamete industry.
A curated directory of Aerial explainers and external sources on disclosure, identity, donor privacy, outcome reporting, consent, verification, regulation, and cryobank accountability.
Industry timeline
Donor-gamete industry 101.
A concise history of how donor gametes moved from opaque practice to commercial cryobanking, DNA discoverability, and the need for accountable records.
Before formal systems
Opaque practice
Informal recruitment, weak records, and hidden lineage.
Commercial era
Cryobank scale
More access, but records still relied heavily on self-disclosure.
Discoverable era
DNA and social discovery
Anonymity stopped functioning as reliable infrastructure.
What comes next
Accountable records
Verification, informed consent, updates, and human review.
Glossary terms
Shared language for a complicated industry.
Plain-language definitions for donor-gamete industry, clinical, community, and Aerial product terms.
Read the full glossaryDCP
A donor-conceived person.
Dibling
Community shorthand for a donor sibling connected through the same donor.
Informed consent
A clear, documented understanding of what is shared, when, with whom, and under what conditions.
Double-donor
A family-building path involving both donated sperm and donated eggs, or a donated embryo.
External Resources
Research, guidance, community, and policy links from outside Aerial. Type is used only for filtering and card badges.
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ASRM Ethics Committee
asrm.org
ethics / anonymity
Interests, obligations, and rights in gamete and embryo donation
Ethics guidance on donor, recipient, offspring, and program obligations, including anonymity limits and medical-update responsibilities.
ASRM Practice Committee
asrm.org
screening / testing
Guidance regarding gamete and embryo donation
Clinical guidance on screening, testing, counseling, informed consent, and donor-gamete program responsibilities.
ASRM Ethics Committee
asrm.org
terminology / anonymity
Updated terminology for gamete and embryo donors
Ethics opinion recommending directed and nonidentified terminology in response to social media, DNA testing, and changing anonymity expectations.
U.S. Food and Drug Administration
fda.gov
regulation / screening
Tissue and tissue products
FDA overview of HCT/P regulation, including donor screening, testing, procedures, communicable-disease prevention, and records.
HFEA
hfea.gov.uk
identity release / sibling networks
Finding out about your donor or donor-conceived siblings
UK regulator guidance on what families and donor-conceived people can access, including information available at 16 and 18.
VARTA
varta.org.au
education / disclosure
Understanding donor conception
Australian public guidance for donors, parents, donor-conceived people, and professionals navigating donor conception.
DSR
donorsiblingregistry.com
sibling networks / contact
Donor Sibling Registry
Long-running registry for mutual-contact connection among donor-conceived people, donors, and recipient families.
DCC
donorconceivedcommunity.org
community / education
Donor Conceived Community
Peer support, education, and resources for donor-conceived people, parents, donors, and professionals.
Single Mothers by Choice
singlemothersbychoice.org
single mothers by choice / community
Single Mothers by Choice
Organization and community resource defining single mothers by choice and noting more than 30,000 people have benefited from membership since inception.
We Are Donor Conceived
wearedonorconceived.com
lived experience / survey
We Are Donor Conceived survey
Community survey on donor-conceived people's perspectives, experiences, and needs across countries.
U.S. Donor Conceived Council
usdcc.org
advocacy / education
Resources for donor-conceived people, parents, and donors
Advocacy-oriented resources for donor-conceived people, parents, donors, professionals, and policymakers.
Human Reproduction
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
disclosure / late discovery
Secrets and lies and donor conceptions
Study of donor-conceived adults' disclosure and discovery experiences, including late or inadvertent discovery.
Human Reproduction
biblio.ugent.be
disclosure / wellbeing
Disclosure of donor conception, age of disclosure and well-being
Review of evidence around whether and when donor-conceived offspring are told about their conception.
Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry
repository.cam.ac.uk
disclosure / child development
Role of age of disclosure of biological origins
Longitudinal study from age 1 to 14 on disclosure of biological origins and adolescent wellbeing.
Reproductive BioMedicine Online
umu.diva-portal.org
identity release / family adjustment
Psychological adjustment in identity-release donor families
Study of disclosing and non-disclosing families following sperm or oocyte donation from identity-release donors.
Human Reproduction
academic.oup.com
identity release / information access
National survey of donor-conceived individuals in Sweden
Research on donor-conceived individuals who requested information after identity-release donation.
Human Reproduction Open
academic.oup.com
information access / records
Good practice recommendations for information provision
Recommendations on information provision for donors, recipient parents, donor-conceived people, and professionals.
Fertility and Sterility
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
donor sperm / market growth
Estimates of donated sperm use in the United States
National Survey of Family Growth analysis estimating donated sperm use among U.S. women from 1995 through 2017 and noting gaps in national donor-sperm usage tracking.
Fertility and Sterility
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
donor sperm / ART
Assisted reproductive technology with donor sperm
National trends and outcomes study of U.S. ART cycles using donor sperm from 1996 through 2014, including single women and female same-sex couples as key user groups.
Reproductive Health
reproductive-health-journal.biomedcentral.com
single mothers by choice / assisted reproduction
Demographics, motivations, and experiences of single mothers by choice
Systematic review of empirical research on single women pursuing parenthood through assisted reproductive treatment with gamete donation.
PLOS ONE
vbn.aau.dk
donor privacy / anonymity
Experiences and attitudes of Danish men who were sperm donors more than 10 years ago
Qualitative interview study on former sperm donors' long-term attitudes, including privacy, anonymity, non-contact boundaries, and donor-conceived people's interest in genetic origins.
Obstetrics & Gynecology
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
oocyte donation / privacy
Addressing privacy concerns surrounding oocyte donation in the United States
Clinical review of oocyte donor privacy concerns created by personal identifiers, social media, and direct-to-consumer genetic testing.
Colorado General Assembly
leg.colorado.gov
regulation / rights
Colorado SB22-224
First-of-its-kind state law focused on donor-conceived persons and donor-gamete industry obligations.
Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment
cdphe.colorado.gov
regulation / transparency
Colorado gamete bank rules
State regulatory page noting that anonymity and lack of transparency can cause harm to donor-conceived people and families.
U.S. Donor Conceived Council
usdcc.org
regulation / policy tracking
Gamete industry regulation
Tracker and explainer for enacted and pending U.S. donor-gamete industry regulation.
U.S. Donor Conceived Council
usdcc.org
legislation / rights
Example legislation
Model legislative language for gamete donors, recipient parents, and donor-conceived persons.
California Cryobank
cryobank.com
cryobank operations / specimen processing
Specimen processing
Industry process page describing sperm specimen processing, vial preparation, quarantine, post-thaw quality checks, and storage.
California Cryobank
cryobank.com
outcome reporting / birth reporting
Outcome of insemination
Industry page asking recipients to report insemination outcomes and child births so the bank can provide donor updates or status changes.
California Cryobank
cryobank.com
sperm cost / donor sperm
Sperm bank pricing
Current California Cryobank donor sperm vial, storage, shipping, subscription, and post-conception service pricing.
Donor-gamete industry 101 FAQ
A crash-course FAQ for the industry basics, platform strategy, verification workflows, risk visibility, and AI-assisted human review.
What is the donor-gamete industry?
The market and operating system around sperm, egg, and embryo donation, including clinics, cryobanks, donors, families, records, consent, and accountability.
Why does this become SaaS?
Clinics, cryobanks, and donor programs need better workflow software for donor records, verification, consent, health updates, risk visibility, and audit trails.
What does AI-assisted verification mean?
AI can organize evidence, compare claims to source material, flag conflicts, and route human review without becoming the final authority.
The donor-gamete industry needs accountable records.
Informed consent. Granular controls. Evidence-backed records. Risky patterns that are visible, reviewable, and easier to act on.