School of Law, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa.
S Afr Med J. 2022 May 31;112(6):409-412.
South African (SA) gamete banks and gamete donation agencies do not offer open-identity donors, as it is generally believed that donor anonymity is a legal requirement in SA. However, analysis of SA statutory instruments and case law shows that this belief is mistaken, and that gamete donation in SA can be anywhere on the spectrum between anonymous and known. Accordingly, open-identity gamete donation would be lawful in SA and can be offered to the public by SA gamete banks and gamete donation agencies.
南非的配子银行和配子捐赠机构不提供公开身份的捐赠者,因为普遍认为捐赠者匿名是南非的法律要求。然而,对南非法规和判例法的分析表明,这种观点是错误的,南非的配子捐赠可以处于匿名和已知之间的任何位置。因此,在南非,公开身份的配子捐赠是合法的,可以由南非的配子银行和配子捐赠机构向公众提供。