The ethics of anonymous gamete donation: is there a right to know one's genetic origins?

Hastings Center Report 44 (2):28-35 (2014)
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A growing number of jurisdictions hold that gamete donors must be identifiable to the children born with their eggs or sperm, on grounds that being able to know about one's genetic origins is a fundamental moral right. But the argument for that belief has not yet been adequately made.

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original Melo-Martín, Inmaculada De (2014) "The Ethics of Anonymous Gamete Donation: _Is There a Right to Know One's Genetic Origins?_". Hastings Center Report 44(2):28-35

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Inmaculada de Melo-Martin
Weill Cornell Medicine--Cornell University

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