Open AccessAnonymous sperm donors’ attitude towards donation and the release of identifying information
Author(s) -
Frederic Mahieu,
W Decleer,
Kaan Osmanagaoglu,
Veerle Provoost
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of assisted reproduction and genetics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1573-7330
pISSN - 1058-0468
DOI - 10.1007/s10815-019-01569-9
Subject(s) - sperm donation , donation , legislation , sperm bank , family medicine , anonymity , egg donation , medicine , reproductive medicine , sperm , gynecology , internet privacy , fertility , law , political science , pregnancy , andrology , biology , genetics , population , environmental health , computer science
Belgian legislation allows only strictly anonymous gamete donation and known donation (donation to a recipient known by the donor). Recently, an amendment of the legislation was proposed to grant donor offspring, as of 18 years old, the right to claim identifying information about their donor.