Parted-at-birth twins 'married'
For years I have been concerned and argued that these clinics place no moral value on the acts they commit.
Sure it's nice that people donate eggs..sperm.. and most doners demand thier privacy...
but what happens years later when the offspring meet?..
A clinic operates in a small area... the donated eggs and sperm are used locally.. it is a good likelyhood that siblings will meet..
What are fertility clinics doing to prevent this from happening?
the sibling were from an adoption, but it hightens the moral complication of the blind or secret donations of eggs, embryos and sperm..
From an "fertility site"..
For years I have been concerned and argued that these clinics place no moral value on the acts they commit.
Sure it's nice that people donate eggs..sperm.. and most doners demand thier privacy...
but what happens years later when the offspring meet?..
A clinic operates in a small area... the donated eggs and sperm are used locally.. it is a good likelyhood that siblings will meet..
What are fertility clinics doing to prevent this from happening?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7182817.stm""And if you don't know you are biologically related to someone, you may become attracted to them and tragedies like this may occur.""
The former Liberal Democrat MP raised the couple's case during a House of Lords debate on the Human Fertility and Embryology Bill in December.
"But when we are unaware of that relationship, we are naturally drawn to people who are quite similar to ourselves.
"And of course there is unlikely to be anyone more similar to any individual than their sibling."
the sibling were from an adoption, but it hightens the moral complication of the blind or secret donations of eggs, embryos and sperm..
From an "fertility site"..
http://www.resolve.org/site/PageServer?pagename=lrn_wamo_pdYou also need to consider if you would feel comfortable donating to more than one couple. Although this type of donation is rare, you need to think about the implications of full genetic siblings being raised in several households.