Paul Baerwald School of Social Work and Social Welfare, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel.
Hum Reprod. 2010 Apr;25(4):942-8. doi: 10.1093/humrep/deq018. Epub 2010 Feb 3.
Despite the prevalence of donor conception and the worldwide trend towards openness, there has been little research on whether parents do disclose the nature of the conception to their donor-conceived children. This analysis focuses on whether and how older Israeli single mothers disclose to their children that were conceived using a donor and whether the donor conception causes concern for them.
Sixty-two single mothers of donor-conceived children in Israel were asked whether they would like to know the identity of the sperm donor; whether they would like their children to know the identity of the sperm donor when reaching the age of 18, whether they disclosed the circumstances of conception to their children or intend to do so in the future; and whether the sperm donation causes concern to them.
The mothers were divided on whether they wanted to know the identity of the sperm donor. However, less than one-fifth of them did not want their children to have identifying information about the genetic father at the age of 18. About two-thirds of the mothers had not yet disclosed the donor conception to their children but intended to do so in the future. A total of 77.4% of the mothers reported being concerned about the donor conception: for the psychosocial development of the child, fear of genetic disorders, fear of incest and lack of certainty of access to genetic information when needed.
The tendency to postpone the disclosure reveals the difficulty of these mothers in finding the appropriate way of sharing the information about the conception with their children. Given the importance attached to the age of disclosure and the mothers' concern for the psychosocial development of their children, more professional counselling in this area is warranted.
尽管供精受孕现象普遍存在，且全球范围内存在向公开化发展的趋势，但鲜有研究关注父母是否会向其通过供精受孕生育的子女披露受孕的相关情况。本分析主要关注以色列年长的单身母亲们是否以及如何向其子女披露他们是通过供精受孕所生，以及她们对供精受孕的看法。
本研究共询问了 62 名以色列通过供精受孕生育子女的单身母亲，问题包括：她们是否希望了解供精者的身份；是否希望子女在年满 18 岁时了解供精者的身份；她们是否向子女披露了受孕情况或将来是否有此打算；以及供精受孕是否让她们感到担忧。
母亲们对是否希望了解供精者的身份存在分歧。但不到五分之一的人不希望子女在 18 岁时拥有关于生父的身份信息。约三分之二的母亲尚未向子女披露供精受孕的情况，但将来打算这样做。共有 77.4%的母亲表示对供精受孕感到担忧：她们担心这会影响孩子的心理社会发展，害怕遗传疾病，担心乱伦，以及在需要时无法确定能否获得遗传信息。
这些母亲倾向于推迟披露信息，这揭示了她们在与子女分享受孕相关信息时遇到的困难。鉴于披露年龄的重要性以及母亲们对子女心理社会发展的关注，该领域需要更多的专业咨询。
