Janssens P M W, Simons A H M, van Kooij R J, Blokzijl E, Dunselman G A J
Hospital Rijnstate, Alysis zorggroep, Department of Clinical Chemistry/Semenbank, Postbus 9555, 6800TA Arnhem, The Netherlands.
Hum Reprod. 2006 Apr;21(4):852-6. doi: 10.1093/humrep/dei407. Epub 2005 Dec 8.
In 2004 a law was introduced in The Netherlands, which gives offspring conceived by semen or oocyte donation the right to know the identity of the donor. The law also regulates the provision of other information concerning the donor to the offspring, their parents or their general practitioner. With the introduction of this law, a choice has been made in which the wish of offspring prevails above others involved. Donors can no longer claim absolute anonymity; they are anonymous at the time of donation, but if a child aged > or =16 years requests information the donor may now be traced. During 15 years of debate on the abolition of donor anonymity the number of donors decreased by >70% and the number of semen banks by 50%. We describe the debate which led to the law, the characteristics of the law itself and note some of the probable and possible consequences for donor offspring, parents, donors and semen banks.
2004年，荷兰出台了一项法律，赋予通过精子或卵子捐赠受孕的后代了解捐赠者身份的权利。该法律还规定了向后代、其父母或他们的全科医生提供有关捐赠者的其他信息的事宜。随着这项法律的出台，做出了一项选择，即后代的意愿优先于其他相关方。捐赠者不再能要求绝对匿名；他们在捐赠时是匿名的，但如果16岁及以上的孩子要求获取信息，现在可以追踪到捐赠者。在关于废除捐赠者匿名制的15年辩论中，捐赠者数量减少了70%以上，精子库数量减少了50%。我们描述了促成该法律的辩论、法律本身的特点，并指出了对捐赠后代、父母、捐赠者和精子库可能产生的一些后果。
