Donor and Medical Record Requests
This list is a work in progress and continues to grow as donor conceived people reach out with little success trying to get records about their donor and possible siblings for their own medical and mental well being. Both U.S. and International cases listed below.
United States
CALIFORNIA
CALIFORNIA
CALIFORNIA
Sherman Oaks
eggdonor.com
Conceived 2000
Documents requested 2021
"could not locate any records"
Palo Alto
Stanford Fertility Clinic
Conceived 1981
Documents Requested 2000
Clinic Response: "Medical records were not kept that long and have been destroyed."
Westwood
Tyler Clinic at UCLA
Conceived 1966
Documents Requested 2003
Clinic Response: "All documents were destroyed in fire a couple months prior and you should look in the mirror to see everything you needed to know."
When person followed up with an email to the Director letting him know how dismissive his employee had been, his response: “Oh, that was ME! I remember your call!”
CONNETICUT
CALIFORNIA
CALIFORNIA
Farmington
UConn Center for Advanced Reproductive Services
Conceived in 1995
Documents Requested 2021
Clinic Response: "We do not keep records before 1997 due to lack of regulation at the time"
Farmington
UConn Center for Advanced Reproductive Services
Conceived 1987
Documents Requested 2021
Clinic Response: “Your request will be brought up at the next board of directors meeting.” They sent a records release form and then said they had no physical records but would search the microfilm collection. They faxed illegible copies of intake/first visit forms after 4 months and a second request sent through a lawyer.
New Haven
Yale New Haven Hospital
Conceived in 1970
Requested documents in the early 80s and again about 7 years ago.
Clinic Response: Both times was told "No records were kept"
Retired Doctor Response: "No records were kept"
INDIANA
CALIFORNIA
MARYLAND
Zionsville
Follas Laboratories
Conceived 1995
Documents Requested: 2016
Clinic had closed with no forwarding contact to request records
MARYLAND
MARYLAND
MARYLAND
Baltimore
Johns Hopkins Medical - Division of Reproductive Endocrinology
Conceived 1979
Documents Requested 2019
Clinics Response: "Records no longer exist"
NEW YORK
MARYLAND
NEW YORK
New York
Idant Laboratories
Conceived 1977-1987
Documents Requested 2000
Parent Company DAXOR response: “The clinic closed and we don't know what happened to the records."
OREGON
MARYLAND
NEW YORK
Portland
Previous Clinic Name: OHSU Andrology and Embryology
Current Clinic Name: OHSU Fertility
Conceived 1998
Documents Requested 2020
Clinic response: “We do not give out that information”
PENNSYLVANIA
SOUTH CAROLINA
SOUTH CAROLINA
Melrose Park
Current Clinic Name: The Cooper Institute for Reproductive Hormonal Disorders
Conceived 1988
Documents Requested 2019
Clinic Response: "We don't have any records prior to the early 90s, and if we did, we would only release them to the mother via a notarized letter." Records were requested and clinic responded they "had no records."
Philadelphia
University of Pennsylvania
Conceived 1980
Documents Requested 2019
Clinic response: "Only the mother can request records" Once mother requested documents, clinic responded " The records have been destroyed."
Philadelphia
Temple University
Conceived 1984
Documents Requested 2018
Clinic Response: "We
don’t keep records that long"
SOUTH CAROLINA
SOUTH CAROLINA
SOUTH CAROLINA
Columbia
Columbia Fertility Clinic
Conceived 1988
Documents Requested 2008
Clinic response: " All documents were destroyed"
Clinic has since closed
TENNESSEE
SOUTH CAROLINA
TENNESSEE
Nashville
Nashville Fertility Center at Vanderbilt
Conceived 1982
Documents Requested 2020 & 2021
Clinic’s response in 2020: “That clinic closed. The current clinic operated at our facility doesn’t have those records.”
Clinic’s response in 2021: “These records don’t belong to you. Your mother will need to submit a medical release form and you’ll need it notarized. After we receive it, IF we have any records from that long ago, it will take up to 3 weeks"
Guess what? No records were found.
VIRGINIA
VIRGINIA
TENNESSEE
Fairfax
Cryobank
Conceived 1991
Documents Requested 2019
Clinic response: "Only the mother could have access, and only if she paid $150."
International
AUSTRALIA
CZECH REPUBLIC
AUSTRALIA
Nedlands
Keogh Institute for Medical Research.
Conceived 1993
Requested Documents 2020 & 2021.
Clinic Response: "DC are not entitled to those records. The records you requested were lost."
Perth, Western Australia
WA Health / Keogh Institute for Medical Research / Dr Graham Smith OB-GYN
Conceived 1986
Multiple documents requested since 2012
Clinic Response: "DC offspring are not entitled to records. The mother would have to give permission." Mother requested records and clinic responded "No records could be found." ,
Donor was then found via DNA testing/matching and he provided his "code", which WA Health then refused to add to the offspring file on the Voluntary Register.
Brisbane, Queensland
Conceived 1981
Documents requested by mum and I (joint letter) in 1996.
Clinics first response was “destroyed by a fire”, a few months later another person at the clinic said “there was a flood and they all got damaged”. A few months later they said “there was no legal requirement to keep them longer than 15 years so they’ve all been chucked out”.
In 2015 I spoke to the dr in charge of Mums procedure and he said “I never chucked anything out, all the records are out the back or in the garage at home”. They found my records a few weeks later.
CANADA
CZECH REPUBLIC
AUSTRALIA
Calgary/Ontario
Regional Fertility Program/Clinic (Donated)
Kingston General Hospital. (Conceived)
Conceived in 1989
Documents Requested in 2019 and 2020
Clinic Response: "It is impossible that donated sperm was sent to another location and therefore we will not share any information."
Edmonton Alberta
University of Alberta fertility clinic,
Conceived 1988
Requested records in 2021
Clinic Response: "Due to the clinic moving into another local hospital decades prior the records are no longer available and have been destroyed."
CZECH REPUBLIC
CZECH REPUBLIC
CZECH REPUBLIC
DC offspring have no access to records despite gametes being shipped all over the world. It has been suggested that the Premier owns most of the clinics and sets up laws to curb regulations and add to his own profit.
CZECH REPUBLIC
CZECH REPUBLIC
CZECH REPUBLIC
DC offspring have no access to records despite gametes being shipped all over the world. It has been suggested that the Premier owns most of the clinics and sets up laws to curb regulations and add to his own profit.
DENMARK
CZECH REPUBLIC
DENMARK
Copenhagen in Denmark.
Rigshospitalet.
Conceived in 1978
Documents Requested 2009
Clinic Response: "All document were shredded when we stopped using donors"
No records was made in mother's hospital journal either.
FRANCE
CZECH REPUBLIC
DENMARK
Toulouse, South France
Fertility gynecology practice Dr André Dubord
Conceived 1988
Requested documents 2019
Clinic Response: "All the archives are destroyed and I don't remember anything."
UNITED KINGDOM
UNITED KINGDOM
UNITED KINGDOM
**link to Current UK DC info request regulations**
Belfast,Northern Ireland
Regional Fertility Clinic
Conceived 1985
Documents Requested 2018 (32 years later)
Clinic Response: "Medical notes are destroyed after 30 years."
Leamington Spa
BPAS (British Pregnancy Advisory Service)
Conceived 1983
Documents Requested: 2020
Clinic Response: “In response to your enquiry, we unfortunately no longer hold any records relating to donor treatment. Any remaining records will now be in the hands of the HFEA.
I am, therefore, very sorry that we are not in a position to provide you with any information”
Followed by a phone call and them saying "The records have likely been destroyed as they can't be found."
Bourn Hall, Cambridge
Dr Patrick Steptoe
Conceived 1983
Documents Requested 2015
Clinic Response: "Will only give records to mother or need mother's consent to to share records." Was then referred to HFEA incorrectly by the clinic - as technically the HFEA only deal with DC records from 1991 onwards.