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About ARTFam
Whether you’re an intending parent, current parent, donor-conceived person, intended donor or previous donor, surrogate, advocate or ally — ARTFam is here for you.
Whether you’re an intending parent, current parent, donor-conceived person, intended donor or previous donor, surrogate, advocate or ally — ARTFam is here for you.
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What is ARTFam?
ARTFam is the newly formed, first totally inclusive not-for-profit organisation dedicated to supporting, educating, connecting, and advocating for everyone touched by ART and the donor conceived community.
ARTFam is the newly formed, first totally inclusive not-for-profit organisation dedicated to supporting, educating, connecting, and advocating for everyone touched by ART and the donor conceived community.
ARTFam (Assisted Reproductive Treatment Families Australia) is NOT here to speak for the community BUT are here to CONNECT the various people who come in contact with it.
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Our Focused
Areas
We’re here to make sure no one has to go through this wild ride alone but can turn to us for the information and meaningful support needed. Typical ARTFam support and information and support services include the following:
Peer support connection
Even the best-informed carefully prepared ART patients can find themselves confronted by roadblocks along their fertility seeking journey. If you just need to vent to someone who gets we’re here to listen — really listen — to your concerns and help you sort them out.
Strongly recommend early telling
There are many tangible benefits from sharing a child’s donor conception story with them from the very beginning so it simply becomes a natural part of who they are.
We believe all children deserve to grow up proud of how they were conceived, and no donor-conceived person should ever find out their story later in life by surprise.
Education and resources
Knowledge is power. We deliver workshops, expert advice, providing easy-to-understand resources created or selected to avoid confusing jargon.
Advocacy and legal reform
Navigating donor laws and ART systems is massively confusing. Our people have the experience, expertise and contacts to help you find your way through them. Above all, we help you clearly understand your rights and push for smarter, fairer policies that put families first. We continue to campaign persistently for federal regulation in this regard.
Reducing stigma
Reducing parental stigma surrounding Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART) and the use of donor gametes is essential.
Many parents feel reluctant to tell their children or others that they used donor gametes due to fear of failure, judgment or misunderstanding.
Emotional and mental health
ART is one of the most emotional journeys you’ll ever take. We provide mental health resources, peer support and steady guidance.
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Strengthening
Advocacy on
Your Behalf
We believe in stronger systems, smarter support and a louder, more impactful and clearer collective voice..
We believe in stronger systems, smarter support and a louder, more impactful and clearer collective voice.
Advocating
That’s why we are committed to advocating for:
- An independent federal regulator for the ART sector
- Consistent federal regulations
- A federal donor register
- A federal donor bank But we can’t do this alone.
We Need Your Voice
To create real change, we need as many voices as possible.
Whether you’re new to this arena or a long-time advocate, your voice matters.
Together, we can shape a future where all ART-formed families are understood, respected and supported from every angle: emotional, legal, medical and social.
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Two Organisations,
One Heart.
Together, we’re building a community where everyone feels seen, heard, supported and connected.
Together, we’re building a community where everyone feels seen, heard, supported and connected.
ARTFam
ARTFam supports the entire ART and donor-conceived community, creating a home for everyone impacted by fertility treatment, donor conception and surrogacy.
ASMBC
ASMBC will continue to support solo mothers by choice — nothing will change. It will still support those considering parenthood and those already raising families. But will now do so from within ARTFam.
DISCLAIMER: We are a fully volunteer-run organisation. If you find any information on this website you believe is incorrect or needs updating, please let us know at hello@artfam.com.au.
Acknowledgement of Country
ARTFam & ASMBC acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of the land on which we live, work, and build our families. We pay our respects to the Elders past and present, and we honour the strength, knowledge, and enduring connection that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples have to family, community, culture and Country.
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