Commentary on Craft and Thornhill: new ethical strategies to recruit gamete donors.
The main problem for the procedure of gamete donation at present is that the abolition of the donor anonymity rule has destroyed coherence among the guidelines. To restore coherence, a new unified picture of the role of the gamete donor should be constructed. It is doubtful that payment will increase the number of candidates in a system with identifiable donors. Nevertheless, if non-financial rewards of donors do not suffice to motivate candidates, an 'all-inclusive' financial allowance analogous to volunteers in medical trials could be considered to prevent a complete collapse of the system.
Pennings
Guido
G
Ghent University, Centre for Environmental Philosophy and Bioethics, Department of Philosophy, Blandijnberg 2, B-9000 Gent, Belgium. Guido.Pennings@UGent.be
D001530:Belgium; D035881:Compensation and Redress; D003219:Confidentiality; D030881:Disclosure; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D018587:Oocyte Donation / Q000191:economics / Q000941:ethics*; D011247:Pregnancy; D013094:Spermatozoa; D014019:Tissue Donors / Q000941:ethics; D009927:Tissue and Organ Procurement / Q000191:economics / Q000941:ethics*