Sperm & Egg Donation
Sperm and Egg Donation
Many children will never know anything about their biological background, because their mother had a sperm or egg donation. Is that fair to children because their mother made that choice? Everybody deserves to know where they came from, and what risks they could suffer in life. For example heart disease, Parkinson’s disease, degenerative diseases, these are just some of the common diseases that could be genetic. Some offspring’s may just want to know their culture and history of where they come from. A child shouldn’t have to live life wondering about these things. They should be able to have their questions answered, that’s why records should be kept for a child to access when he or she becomes an adult, so that he or she will be able to have some information about his or her background.
When growing up children have many questions about their background. They want to know where their ancestors are from, where they get their traits, and many other things. Children have the right to have their questions answered, even if their mother had a sperm donation. It’s not fair for a child to live life wondering who his or her biological father is or in some cases that his or her mother is. They deserve to know their biological background, but many of children never get that chance because donors are protected by privacy laws. (“Anonymous Egg and Sperm Donation”) Records of the biological parent should be recorded and kept until the child is of age. When the child is of age, he or she should be given the choice to look and read the records or if they want to continue life the way it is. By being able to give them the option, children from sperm or egg donation would be able to live a happy life knowing everything they want to know about their background.
Some children from donor insemination just want to know the risks that they could suffer in life because of genetics. They want to know about the medical background and with the donors being
Many children will never know anything about their biological background, because their mother had a sperm or egg donation. Is that fair to children because their mother made that choice? Everybody deserves to know where they came from, and what risks they could suffer in life. For example heart disease, Parkinson’s disease, degenerative diseases, these are just some of the common diseases that could be genetic. Some offspring’s may just want to know their culture and history of where they come from. A child shouldn’t have to live life wondering about these things. They should be able to have their questions answered, that’s why records should be kept for a child to access when he or she becomes an adult, so that he or she will be able to have some information about his or her background.
When growing up children have many questions about their background. They want to know where their ancestors are from, where they get their traits, and many other things. Children have the right to have their questions answered, even if their mother had a sperm donation. It’s not fair for a child to live life wondering who his or her biological father is or in some cases that his or her mother is. They deserve to know their biological background, but many of children never get that chance because donors are protected by privacy laws. (“Anonymous Egg and Sperm Donation”) Records of the biological parent should be recorded and kept until the child is of age. When the child is of age, he or she should be given the choice to look and read the records or if they want to continue life the way it is. By being able to give them the option, children from sperm or egg donation would be able to live a happy life knowing everything they want to know about their background.
Some children from donor insemination just want to know the risks that they could suffer in life because of genetics. They want to know about the medical background and with the donors being
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