Identifiable semen donors--attitudes of donors and recipient couples.
Fifty-three couples embarking on donor insemination (DI) replied to an anonymous questionnaire asking what they wanted to know about the donor should they become pregnant. Fifty-one percent were definitely and 32% probably going to tell a child of its donor origins. Items most frequently listed for themselves and on behalf of a child were--interests/sports (57%), physical attributes (41%), occupation (37%) and family background (26%). Forty-two percent of the women and 28% of the men thought the child should have access to the identity of the donor eventually. Thirty-eight donors were surveyed by a questionnaire; 68% were agreeable to their identity being available to a donor insemination child when the child reached maturity. When the category of identifiable donor was created, 20 of 36 (56%) new donors and donors still donating chose this option.
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Fertility Associates, Auckland.
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Irwin
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Fisher
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D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007316:Insemination, Artificial, Heterologous / Q000523:psychology*; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009520:New Zealand; D010334:Paternity; D013094:Spermatozoa; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014019:Tissue Donors / Q000523:psychology*; D014342:Truth Disclosure