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Originally Posted by Incognitas
I think many may have missed the reallly important point.Some children who are the result of donated sperm may need to know medical details because of inherited diseases but up until now they have had no hope of retrieving this info.
I think that for medical reasons it should be allowed.Same goes for egg donation children.
As for the needing to know where you come from well I find this part hard to understand.Surely the fact that you already have two loving parents should be enough for a child.It must be very wounding for a father to find that a child would rather know their 'real' father.  |
Hmmm, I can see your point (good one as well). Though normally, children obviously don't have acess to their parents' medical records, they do know what diseases run into the family, so they know what risks they might run, and a donor child doesn't (though at present there is a system in place to keep you from marrying your sister).
However, I don't think this is the reason the new legislation is put into place. In fact, there is no mention of it in the article. All that is mentioned is that children have the 'right' to know who their parents are. I think the biological father should have a say in that (or at least have the choice to remain anonymous).