Lesley Robinson

Aug 30, 2024 | beefmagazine.com | Lesley Robinson |Krissa Welshans

Finding common ground is imperative for our future. By Lesley Robinson, Montana Stockgrowers Association first vice presidentMontana beef producers are faced with a number of challenges, and we don’t all agree on how to overcome them. These issues are complicated, and often lead to tense conversations. Simply telling one another to get along isn’t enough, so I would like to share some of the overarching issues facing everyone in the industry and what we can do to overcome them.

Jun 27, 2024 | abc.net.au | Grace Tobin |Lesley Robinson

Maria thought she was doing the right thing by connecting with the sperm donor she used to conceive her baby through fertility giant Monash IVF. "I had joined some forums when my son was born, there was a particular group who advocated for children knowing the donor as soon as possible," Maria said. "That's why I decided to make contact."To begin with, the donor's emails to Maria (not her real name) were friendly and harmless. But things took a sinister turn in January this year.

Jun 24, 2024 | abc.net.au | Grace Tobin |Lesley Robinson |Katri Uibu

Amelia Hawkshaw and her husband Zach Longe's round of IVF produced 17 embryos. Seventeen chances to make their dream of becoming parents come true. "We were so overjoyed," Amelia said. But that dream turned to tragedy in August last year. "We got a call … to say that the embryos had been contaminated with bacteria and so those 17 had to be destroyed, just all of them," Amelia said.

Jun 23, 2024 | abc.net.au | Lesley Robinson

Anastasia and Lexie Gunn love their three children no matter what, but the mystery of what went wrong with their conception at one of Australia's biggest fertility clinics haunts them. "We had IVF and got the wrong sperm," Lexie said. "It's shattered what we all believe to be true."Their three sons were conceived through donor sperm at the Queensland Fertility Group (QFG) between 2006 and 2014. The couple paid for the same donor to be used for each child.

Jun 22, 2024 | abc.net.au | Grace Tobin |Lesley Robinson

In short: An Australian woman says she could now have up to 700 half-siblings after she discovered her biological father was a prolific sperm donor. The man donated for at least six years from 1983. What's next? The woman says the IVF clinics responsible aren't doing enough and she is urgently trying to find her potential siblings to share critical health information. Katherine Dawson was always comfortable with her origin story.