Anonymous sperm donation is to be banned

Anonymous sperm donation is to be banned under new draft legislation approved by the Government yesterday as clinics and hospitals will from early next year be required to provide details of donors and children to a national register.

However, new regulations on surrogacy have been deferred as the issues around commercial surrogacy are reviewed.

Cohabiting couples will be able to jointly adopt a child under the latest legislation, which is to be formally drafted and is likely to come in to force early next year.