OK – Insemination fraud: a lesser known drift

DRIFTS Research Team (2025)
Published on January 28, 2025

Fact sheet from the DRIFTS project. This project focused on the experiences of individuals who were conceived through sperm donation and who discovered that insemination fraud was involved or that a single donor was used to conceive multiple children.

How to cite this publication

DRIFTS Research Team (2025). Insemination fraud: a lesser known drift. Canada Research Chair in Third-Party Reproduction and Family Ties, Université du Québec en Outaouais.

  • Sabrina Zeghiche

    Professor in the department of social work at Université du Québec en Outaouais
  • Anne-Julie Belleau

    Communications coordinator
  • Marie-Rose Lépine

    Doctoral student in psychology at the Université du Québec en Outaouais

Project

  • Drifts in Donor Conception and Their Impacts on Life Trajectories

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