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Absence of laws regarding sperm and oocyte donation in Japan and the impacts on donors, parents, and the people born as a result

  • Yuri Hibino
  • , Sonia Allan

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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 languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)295-298
Number of pages4
JournalReproductive Medicine and Biology
Volume19
Issue number3
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Jul 2020

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Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 The Authors. Reproductive Medicine and Biology published by John Wiley & Sons Australia, Ltd on behalf of Japan Society for Reproductive Medicine.

Open Access - Access Right Statement

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

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