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The Child's Side of Donor Conception

📄 FREE PAMPHLET — Children and Donor Conception: 👉 https://ruthinstitute.org/donor-conception/ 📖 Kathryn's article at Public Discourse: https://www.thepublicdiscourse.com/2020/01/59169/ 👶 Them Before Us: https://thembeforeus.com/ 🔬 IIRRM: https://iirrm.org/ 🗣️ Anonymous Us: https://anonymousus.org/ 🎬 Center for Bioethics & Culture: https://cbc-network.org/ 🌐 Ruth Institute: https://ruthinstitute.org 💛 Support: https://ruthinstitute.org/donate-today/ 🏠 Locals: https://theruthinstitute.locals.com FEMM – MyCatholicDoctor FEMM (Fertility Education and Medical Management) is a virtual NFP provider now operating under MyCatholicDoctor. Their certified fertility awareness educators, nurses, and physicians serve patients across much of the country via telehealth, helping women chart their cycles to avoid or achieve pregnancy — and to identify and treat underlying hormonal issues. FEMM offers a free app so you can start learning basic charting right away. 🔗 mycatholicdoctor.com She found out the week before her 22nd birthday — home for Thanksgiving — that the man who raised her was not her biological father. Nobody had planned to tell her. Dr. Jennifer Roback Morse sits down with Kathryn Francisco, a donor-conceived adult and restorative reproductive medicine advocate, to hear what the fertility industry will never tell you — from the child's perspective. You'll hear: the hidden damage donor conception does to the social father — why Kathryn would never recommend it to anyone — how she found her biological father through DNA testing — what the sperm donation process actually involves — how restorative reproductive medicine treats the root causes of infertility without IVF — and why college students are the most urgent audience for this message right now. ⏱️ CHAPTERS 00:00 — Introduction 01:08 — Born through donor conception 01:31 — Finding out at 22 02:25 — Her brother forced the issue 02:57 — "I felt like trash" 04:02 — Why her brother suspected something 05:02 — The hints she missed 05:43 — Social father vs. natural father 07:35 — Why her parents chose donor conception 08:28 — "He thought it was like a kidney donation" 09:12 — Dr. Morse: her own infertility 10:36 — The hidden damage to the social father 13:29 — What couples need to know 15:27 — "I would never advise anyone to use donor conception" 16:19 — "You don't want any baby — you want your baby" 17:21 — Infertility is a cross — there are other paths 18:45 — The health records: they chose a "better version of Bill" 20:41 — Would it have been fine if they'd told her sooner? 23:26 — Restorative reproductive medicine explained 24:23 — IVF bypasses the problem; RRM heals the person 25:02 — IVF success rates — how the numbers are gamed 26:15 — Light in bedrooms, hormones, and fertility 27:00 — Creighton Model and NaPro Technology 27:50 — Kathryn's story: two miscarriages and a NaPro doctor 28:39 — Progesterone corrected her cycle in three months 29:59 — Vitamin D, thyroid, ovulation — all connected 33:49 — Finding her biological father through DNA 34:11 — "I stopped breathing — I looked so much like him" 37:04 — Showing up at his door — the dad hug 37:52 — "I felt like he delighted in me" 39:20 — Finding half-siblings through DNA 42:29 — The sperm donation process — what it actually involves 44:28 — "Why would anyone want to be conceived that way?" 46:29 — Donor conception guarantees injustice to the child 46:49 — "I told him to go to confession — and he did" 47:22 — Finding the Catholic faith 47:51 — Her great-grandmother's rosary 48:56 — "In the economy of grace, nothing is wasted" 49:46 — Judith Wallerstein and family breakdown 50:53 — "Marriage became really scary for me" 52:23 — Her husband: "I feel called to this vocation with you" 55:08 — College students are being targeted to donate right now 01:03:15 — Donor conception and what we're really arguing about 01:07:00 — This is not a libertarian freedom issue 01:08:27 — Closing thanks 👤 KATHRYN FRANCISCO — Donor-conceived adult, Public Discourse contributor, former Secretariat at IIRRM, advocate with Them Before Us. 👤 DR. J — Founder & President, Ruth Institute. Economist, author, host of The Dr. J Show. DrJShow, RuthInstitute, JenniferRobackMorse, KathrynFrancisco, DonorConception, SpermDonor, IVF, ThirdPartyReproduction, RestorativeReproductiveMedicine, DonorConceived, KatyFaust, ThemBeforeUs, FertilityIndustry, AnonymousUs, NaProTechnology, CreightonModel, ChildrensRights, CivilizationOfLove, CatholicFamily, FamilyBreakdown, BiologicalParents, DonorConceptionHarm, PublicDiscourse

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