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My Father Was an Anonymous Sperm Donor
Clark, Katrina
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/12/15/AR2006121501820.htmlDate Written: 2006-12-17 Year Published: 2006 Resource Type: Article Cx Number: CX11117 Those of us in the first documented generation of donor babies -- conceived in the late 1980s and early '90s, when sperm banks became more common and donor insemination began to flourish -- are coming of age, and we have something to say. I'm here to tell you that emotionally, many of us are not keeping up. We didn't ask to be born into this situation, with its limitations and confusion. It's hypocritical of parents and medical professionals to assume that biological roots won't matter to the "products" of the cryobanks' service, when the longing for a biological relationship is what brings customers to the banks in the first place. We offspring are recognizing the right that was stripped from us at birth -- the right to know who both our parents are. Subject Headings |