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“Choosing Motherhood”: The Donor Selection Process
In the second episode of “Choosing Motherhood with Eboni K. Williams,” Williams and Ellis discuss donor selection, the intricacies of the donor relationship, and the challenges for Black women who decide to exclusively use a Black sperm donor. Williams also provides in-depth insight into her own donor search.
According to the American Society of Reproductive Medicine, Study 2023 found that only about 3% of sperm donors within the country’s largest donor banks are black. Those numbers drop if you take note of excluding donors with the identical recessive mutations or genetic problems. The University of Kansas Medical Center received a grant Last yr, the American Society for Reproductive Medicine surveyed the black community’s attitudes toward sperm donation.