Anonymity is Dead in Surrogacy: The Rise of Technology and Its Impact on Donor Privacy

Anonymity is Dead in Surrogacy: The Rise of Technology and Its Impact on Donor Privacy

Join award-winning surrogacy lawyer, Stephen Page, as he shares insights from over 35 years of experience in surrogacy law. In this video, Stephen dives into one of the 10 lessons he’s learned since his first surrogacy case in 1988: the death of anonymity in surrogacy and donor conception.

Discover how technology like social media, reverse image searches, and DNA databases such as Ancestry.com and 23andMe have made it nearly impossible to maintain donor anonymity. Stephen explains why known or open-identity donors are now essential and the importance of ensuring that donor-conceived children can access their origins.

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Anonymity is Dead in Surrogacy: The Rise of Technology and Its Impact on Donor Privacy

In this video, Stephen dives into one of the 10 lessons he’s learned since his first surrogacy case in 1988: the death of anonymity in surrogacy and donor conception.

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