Sperm and Egg Donor Anonymity: Legal and Ethical Issues

摘要: Gamete (sperm and egg) donor anonymity has become an increasingly active area of legislative, bioethical, empirical interest over the last decade or so. This chapter reviews discusses these developments. The initial jumping off point is very different status gamete anonymity, contrasting U.S. (where law does not prohibit it) with rest world it been largely prohibited by law) examining effects policies. While I focus primarily on sperm in this chapter, worth emphasizing that most legal materials, as well ethical arguments, apply equally to egg donors.The unfolds follows: Part describes widespread adoption prohibitions developed countries other than United States. It also examines changes have had supply. II States, where there no prohibition anonymity. As shows, though, many donor-conceived children turned non-legal means try ascertain identity their donor. III big debate head – should state legally require all donors put identifying information into a registry available at specified age? IV considers some peripheral debates relating accidental incest, whether rights identify genetic offspring only converse, interplay between compensation for issues posed "circumvention tourism" travel abroad avoid domestic about