ASRM: Pressure Builds for Open-Identity Sperm Donation in the U.S.

In conjunction with ASRM’s meeting last week, a report was released stating that pressue for open-identity sperm donation is building here in the U.S.:

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 14 — Studies of people conceived with donated sperm suggest that many do not support the practice of anonymous sperm donation.

Roughly a third of people who know they were conceived by open-identity sperm donors make a request for the donor’s identity by the time they turn 20, according to the world’s first study on this subject.

However, it is likely that other offspring will make the request at an older age, predicted Joanna Scheib, Ph.D., a professor of psychology at the University of California, Davis.

In addition, they provided action points as follows:

Action Points

Explain to interested patients that most donor-conceived children want information about their donor’s identity.
Note that this information was published as an abstract and presented orally at a conference. These data and conclusions should be considered to be preliminary until published in a peer-reviewed journal.

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