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Sperm donors need limits, confirms a European fertility group
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Ties van der Meer doesn’t know how many siblings he has.
Key facts
- We may find that 15 is also too high,” says Vasanti Jadva, who studies the psychological well-being of people conceived using donated eggs, sperm, and embryos at City St George’s in London
- ESHRE is calling on sperm and egg banks, as well as fertility clinics, to respect an initial limit of 50 families per donor
- In the UK, for example, more than half of sperm donations in 2020 were imported —with most of those coming from either Denmark or the US
- The 47-year-old was conceived at a private fertility clinic in the Netherlands using sperm provided by an anonymous donor
Summary
The 47-year-old was conceived at a private fertility clinic in the Netherlands using sperm provided by an anonymous donor. He describes the situation as “problematic.” Children have a right to know their biological parents, he says. Other donor-conceived people who have been able to track down siblings have found they have tens or even hundreds of them. The team need international limits on the number of children a single donor can contribute to, a European fertility organization argued yesterday. Today many countries, including the UK, have banned anonymous egg and sperm donation.