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32B - Gamete Donation Should Be Anonymous

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from Section V - Ethics and Statistics

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 November 2021

By
Carl Laskin
Edited by
Roy Homburg ,
Adam H. Balen  and
Robert F. Casper
Roy Homburg
Affiliation:
Homerton University Hospital, London
Adam H. Balen
Affiliation:
Leeds Centre for Reproductive Medicine
Robert F. Casper
Affiliation:
Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto
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Summary

Third-party reproduction is a significant proportion of the undertakings of most reproductive medicine clinics and practitioners. One of the most prominent concerns is the issue of anonymity of the gamete donor. This issue potentially impacts the intended parent(s), the donor and the donor-conceived child. Disclosure of a gamete donor carries less risk of harm to the donor-conceived child than non-disclosure. Whether the child is informed or not by the parent, in time, that older child/adult will discover there is an inconsistency in their genetic origins. How will you as the parent then answer those very awkward questions?

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50 Big Debates in Reproductive Medicine , pp. 167 - 168
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2021

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Golombok, S. Disclosure and donor-conceived children. Hum Reprod. 2017;32:1532–3.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Harper, JC, Kennett, D, Reisel, D. The end of donor anonymity: how genetic testing is likely to drive anonymous gamete donation out of business. Hum Reprod. 2016;31:1135–40.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Illioi, E, Blake, L, Jadva, V, Roman, G, Golombok, S. The role of age of disclosure of biological origins in the psychological wellbeing of adolescents conceived by reproductive donation: a longitudinal study from age 1 to age 14. J Child Psychol Psychiatr. 2017;58:315–34.Google Scholar
Pennings, G. Disclosure of donor conception, age of disclosure and the well-being of donor offspring. Hum Reprod. 2017;32:969–73.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Skoog Svanberg, A, Sydsjo, G, Lampic, C. Psychosocial aspects of identity-release gamete donation – perspectives of donors, recipients, and offspring. Upsala J Med Sci. 2019, Online https://doi.org/10.1080/03009734.2019.1696431.CrossRefGoogle Scholar

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