DONOR ANONYMITY

Sperm donation from deceased donors should be permitted, ethicists say

Xavier Symons | 26 January 2020 | Comments

tags: donor anonymity, donor-conceived children, law, sperm donation, sperm harvesting

A new JME article makes the case for harvesting sperm from dead donors.

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Is unmasking sperm donors immoral?

Michael Cook | 26 May 2019 | Comments

tags: donor anonymity

A Belgian bioethicist points out serious problems of informed consent

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Victoria’s controversial donor anonymity laws come into effect

Xavier Symons | 04 March 2017 | Comments

tags: donor anonymity, donor conception, identity, sperm donation

Victoria has enacted laws that retrospectively strip donors of anonymity.

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Donor anonymity is dead

Michael Cook | 23 April 2016 | Comments

tags: donor anonymity, gamete donation, sperm donation

Genetic databases will enable people to connect with the parents they never knew

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Sperm donor scandal rocks US

Xavier Symons | 16 April 2016 | Comments

tags: clinical ethics, donor anonymity, US

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More changes to donor law considered in NSW

Xavier Symons | 09 April 2016 | Comments

tags: Australia, donor anonymity, embryo donation, law

The State government New South Wales is considering tightening rules regulating embryo donation

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Donor anonymity legislation – a moral quagmire

Xavier Symons | 19 March 2016 | Comments

tags: Australia, donor anonymity, informed consent, law, Victoria

Ethicists and doctors have slammed recently passed legislation in the Australian state of Victoria that will revoke the anonymity of sperm donors.

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Donor conception: 10 years without anonymity

Xavier Symons | 14 November 2015 | Comments

tags: donor anonymity, IVF, UK

10 years after the end of donor anonymity, UK healthcare analysts are coming to different conclusions about the benefits of the policy.

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No anonymity means fewer UK sperm donors

Xavier Symons | 05 September 2015 | Comments

tags: donor anonymity, sperm banks, sperm donation, UK

The UK's new National Sperm Bank has been struggling to find volunteers.

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Why are we condemning sperm donor anonymity, asks bioethicist

Michael Cook | 29 March 2014 | Comments

tags: donor anonymity, donor conception, sperm donation

A policy of non-anonymity may even be socially harmful.

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Danish sperm donor privacy controversy

Xavier Symons | 06 April 2013 | Comments

tags: Denmark, donor anonymity, genetic diseases, sperm donation

The government health agency in Denmark is reconsidering its policy on the anonymity of sperm donors after failing to prevent the transmission of disease through sperm banks.

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Donor sperm families are happy families, Australian researchers find

Michael Cook | 09 December 2012 | Comments

tags: donor anonymity, sperm donation

Gab Kovacs finds that sperm donor families function just as well as other families.

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UK launches inquiry into donor conception

Michael Cook | 20 April 2012 | Comments

tags: donor anonymity, donor conception

The Nuffield Council on Bioethics, in the UK, is conducting an inquiry into how much information people need to know about their genetic origins.

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Washington State moves to grant donor offspring rights

Jared Yee | 01 July 2011 | Comments

tags: donor anonymity, sperm donation

The US state of Washington has taken a step towards the abolition of donor anonymity in IVF clinics.

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Revise US sperm donor regulation, say bioethicists

Michael Cook | 31 July 2010 | Comments

tags: donor anonymity, IVF, sperm donation

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