Shifting to a model of donor conception that entails a communication agreement among the parents, donor, and offspring.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Some persons conceived with donor gametes react negatively when they found their birth via donor conception. They request access to information about and seek to communicate with the donor. However, some countries mandate donor anonymity. Other countries allow donor-conceived persons to access donor information, but they can only use this access if their parents have disclosed donor conception to them. We investigated a thorny issue of donor conception: whether donor conception should be shifted from an anonymous basis to a non-anonymous basis.

Methods

We review the issues and concerns regarding donor conception. We then consider the impact of direct-to-consumer genetic testing on donor conception, as well as the influence of donor conception on offspring's identi

SUBMITTER: Ishii T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8895777 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature