The Sperm Donor Generation

The Leonard Lopate Show | Jul 12, 2017

Journalist Jacqueline Mroz joins us to discuss her book, Scattered Seeds: In Search of Family and Identity in the Sperm Donor Generation. Currently, there are at least one million donor-conceived children in the U.S. Mroz looks at the history and growth of sperm donation. She also tells the personal stories of donor-conceived children, the women who used donated sperm to reproduce and the donors who offer up their genetic material.

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