Worldwide Family Limit Program

Once a donor reaches his worldwide family limit, he will be retired from new family-slot purchases.

Any remaining vials may continue to be available to individuals or families who already hold a family slot, subject to available inventory.

Existing families are grandfathered in.

Families who purchased from a donor before the Worldwide Family Limit Program launches will not be required to purchase a family slot for that donor.

Seattle Sperm Bank’s Worldwide Family Limit Program expands our existing Family Slot Program into a defined worldwide framework.

Beginning in 2027, every SSB donor will be assigned a worldwide family limit of 75, 25, or 10 families.

The program is designed to provide intended parents with greater transparency and another meaningful piece of information to consider when choosing a donor.

Yes. Beginning in 2027, every Seattle Sperm Bank donor will be assigned a worldwide family-limit tier of 75, 25, or 10 families.

The number represents the maximum number of individual families or individuals who may be allocated a family slot for that donor worldwide.

For example, a donor with a 10-family worldwide limit may have up to 10 individual families or individuals holding a family slot for that donor.

The family limit does not represent the number of vials, pregnancies, or children.

No.

The worldwide family limit refers to the number of families who may have access to a specific donor. It does not represent the number of children who may be born from that donor.

One family with a family slot may purchase multiple available vials and may have multiple children using the donor.

The worldwide family limit applies to families who may have access to a donor through Seattle Sperm Bank’s distribution worldwide.

The program is designed to provide a consistent framework for communicating donor family limits across geographic markets.

Yes. A family slot is not limited to one child.

A family may use multiple available vials from the donor to build their family and may have multiple children using the donor, subject to vial availability.

Once a donor reaches his worldwide family limit, he will be retired from new family-slot purchases.

Any remaining vials may continue to be available to individuals or families who already hold a family slot, subject to inventory availability.

Only individuals or families who already hold a family slot for that donor may purchase remaining available inventory, subject to availability.

Families who purchased from a donor before the Worldwide Family Limit Program launches will not be required to purchase a family slot for that donor.

These families are grandfathered into the program.

Your family slot remains associated with that donor according to the terms of the Family Slot Program.

A family may continue to purchase available vials for future family building or siblings, subject to inventory availability.

A donor’s worldwide family-limit tier is assigned by Seattle Sperm Bank.

The 75, 25, and 10 family-limit tiers provide different levels of potential family access. The assigned tier gives intended parents another piece of information to consider when choosing a donor.