June 15, 2006

The Truth About Sperm/Egg Donor Babies

Should sperm or egg donor babies be told about their origins? It's fascinating to me that so many of the articles that explore this question tend to look at it from the parents' point of view. How will it make the father feel if his children, and perhaps their friends, learn that he was infertile? How will the dad's relationship with his children be impacted?

Most of the articles, like this USA Today piece, make the point that we can learn from adoption experience; many kids weren't told they were adopted 30 or 40 years ago and suffered a huge trauma when they discovered the truth. But the fact is, babies have been conceived with donor sperm since post-WW II. And many of them didn't learn about their origins until they were well into adulthood. How did that affect them? What about the ones who were never told?

My guess is there is quite a bit of research to draw upon, which parents of egg or sperm donor babies today could use to make an informed decision as to whether to tell, and if so, how and how much.


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