English law provides that the woman who carries a child, and no
other, is the legal mother. If you are an egg (or embryo) donor,
whether anonymously, for someone you know, or through an egg
sharing scheme, you have no parental status and no
responsibility for any child conceived with your eggs. Egg
donors: information rights If you donate eggs or embryos through
a licensed clinic in the UK, information about you is recorded
by the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA). Any
child conceived with your donated eggs or embryos after 1991 has
rights, in later life, to access information about you: - Your
offspring can, once they reach the age of 16, find out non-
identifying information about you. Their parents might also be
able to access this information while their child is under 16. -
If you became a donor after 1 April 2005 (or if you choose to
re-register as an identifiable donor) any child conceived with
your donated eggs or embryos can also ask the HFEA for
identifying information about you (in