This article explores the practice of gamete donation in the U.S. having in mind the larger question of what do we as a society owe children born as a result (donor-conceived children). Do recipient-parents have a duty to tell their donor-conceived child about his/her genetic origins? Should the identity of the donor be disclosed or remain anonymous? Does the child have a right to know her conc...

Building a family using donated gametes (semen, oocytes or embryos) is associated with specific issues which differ from building a family with gametes from both intended parents, the resulting family comprising separated biological and social parenthood. To respect the welfare of all parties involved, the 'Beratungsnetzwerk Kinderwunsch Deutschland e.V.' (Infertility Counselling Network German...

The question of payment to egg donors has recently focused the attention of both the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) and licensed clinics. An acute shortage of egg donors and the rising costs of assisted conception treatment are matters of grave concern to many patients. To understand the emotional and social effects of egg sharing and egg donation, we conducted a survey of ...

OBJECTIVE To report the rare occurrence of full-sibling embryos in unrelated women using independently chosen donor sperm and donor oocytes in two different cycles unintentionally created at our IVF program, and to discuss the concept of disclosure to the patients. DESIGN Case report. SETTING Academic IVF program. PATIENT(S) Two women independently undergoing donor recipient cycles with a...

Much Gothic literature touches upon the concepts of familial injustice, disconnect from origin, and ill-treatment "monstrously-othered" or abandoned child. Certain works fiction mirror those judicial discourses that involve contentious issues unknown ancestry, not least anonymous gamete donation cross-border surrogacy. Three novels in particular see their characters rendered monstrous by law, s...