title: The invisible man. Artificial insemination by donor and the legislation on donor anonymity: a review.
abstract: Until recently, sperm donors have remained anonymous under the 1990 Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act. There has been a distinct international trend towards allowing children access to identifying information about their donor. The UK has followed and, subject to parliamentary approval, children born by donations made after 1 April 2005 will be legally entitled to information revealing the identity of their donor. The lifelong well-being of the child created must be the prime consideration in any reform of the law.
authors.affiliation: Guy's, King's and St Thomas' School of Medicine, London, UK. sharon.r.cohen@kcl.ac.uk
authors.forename: Sharon R
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Cohen
mesh_terms: D022126:Access to Information / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D002648:Child; D002651:Child Advocacy / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D003219:Confidentiality / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D006801:Humans; D007315:Insemination, Artificial / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D008297:Male; D013074:Sperm Banks / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D014019:Tissue Donors; D006113:United Kingdom