Abstract
An absence of any statutory law in Japan regarding donor conception creates uncertainty about the status of donors in relation to the child(ren) born as a result. Laws that provide for certainty regarding the status of the donor are called for, as are laws that address donor anonymity. It would be pragmatic to introduce a prospective system that requires open donation, allowing information to be recorded and released to donor-conceived people upon request. For past donations, a voluntary register should be established, which would allow those people who are seeking information to register this.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 295-298 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | Reproductive Medicine and Biology |
| Volume | 19 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2020 |
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This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. © 2020 The Authors. Reproductive Medicine and Biology published by John Wiley & Sons Australia, Ltd on behalf of Japan Society for Reproductive Medicine.Keywords
- Japan
- artificial insemination, human
- human reproductive technology
- law and legislation
- ovum donors
- sperm donors