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Choice Mom - Donor Dad

Wednesday, October 04 2006

CHOICE MOM

Access to advanced reproductive technology has come a long way since the first "test-tube baby" was born in 1978. Now an estimated 40,000 children are born each year through artificial insemination.

Increasingly, many of these children are born to households headed by women, often single women who are choosing to have children on their own. Dick explores the ethical, medical, emotional and financial questions with Judy, who chose to become a mom at age forty-three.
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DONOR DAD

What responsibilities do the biological dads have? For fifteen years, Dr. Kirk Maxey made regular donations to his local sperm bank. He estimates that anywhere from 200 to 400 children may share his genetic material. Dick talks with Kirk about his decision to go public about his identity and the relationships he's forged with his biological offspring.
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YOUR STORY - DANIEL LIVINGSTONE

Daniel Livingstone’s story could be filed under the ‘near miss’ category.  It was November, 1960.  He was conducting field research in Africa with his work partner, Joe.  They had to row out to the middle of a lake, to take soil samples from the lake bed.  It should have been a routine day of work.  It wasn’t.
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