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As a young girl, Olivia Pratten would stand in front of the mirror studying her nose, cheeks and mouth, trying to imagine what her biological father -- an anonymous sperm donor--might look like.
Now in her late twenties, Pratten still looks in the mirror and wonders why she is shorter than all of her mother's family and where she gets some of her interests.
She could be about to find out.
The Supreme Court of British Columbia has agreed to consider whether Pratten's legal battle against the province's attorney-general and College of Physicians and Surgeons seeking to make the identities of anonymous sperm, egg or embryo donors available should proceed to trial.
"This is not about replacing a parent," Pratten said in an interview in Toronto, where she works as a journalist for The Canadian Press. "I have a dad who loves me and cares about me. But I also have a biological father who's a mystery to me, who created half of who I am."
Pratten's lawsuit -- believed to be the first of its kind in North America...