The invisible man. Artificial insemination by donor and the legislation on donor anonymity: a review.

Guardianship of Children Born from Artificial Insemination

Infertility in the world today is no longer an inescapable problem, and doctors have been able to solve the problem of infertile treatment in a coherent way. The birth of children by artificial insemination is in the following ways: 1) Insemination by husband’s sperm with egg inside the uterus or out of it for fertilization, and 2) Inoculation by another sperm (stranger-donor) inside or outside...

Clinical Variables Affecting The Pregnancy Rate of Intracervical Insemination Using Cryopreserved Donor Spermatozoa: A Retrospective Study in China

I-14: The Impact of Disclosure Decisions on Donor Gamete Participants: Donors, Intended Parents and Offspring

To discuss the psychological impact of disclosure decisions on donor gamete participants including gamete donors, intended parents, and the children conceived through these third party reproductive techniques. In the past decade, there has been a dramatic increase worldwide in the number of children born as a result of gamete donation. The growing demand for these programs has resulted in a tre...

To name or not to name? An overview of the social and ethical issues raised by removing anonymity from sperm donors.

The aim of this paper is to focus on the ethical issues raised by the removal of anonymity from sperm donors. The increasing currency of a 'right to genetic truth' is clearly visible in the drive to revise the legislation on donor anonymity in Western and European countries. The ethical debate is polarized between the 'right to privacy' of the donor or parent and the 'right to know' of the pros...

Personal view.

Newill is sympathetic to the problems and motivations of infertile couples who seek to reproduce through artificial insemination by donor (AID). He refutes social, genetic, and moral objections to the procedure and favors protecting the anonymity of semen donors.