New sperm donation rules to enforce 12-family limit for donors - DutchNews.nl

DECRYPTAGE - The LDC market is growing, driven by growing infertility in the world and growing support from states.

The risk of genetically risky relationships has increased in Sweden due to sperm donation. The figure of six families per donor is probably too high, says researcher Gunilla Sydsjö. – This is the beginning of a problem.

As of today, new rules apply to sperm donors. Each donor receives a special code with a maximum of twelve mother codes, which are registered nationally. As soon as a mother is linked to those twelve codes, the donor may no longer be used for treatment in the Netherlands. The amendment to the law is intended to prevent a sperm donor from having too many children with different mothers. According to chair Ties van der Meer of the Donorkind Foundat…

Pursuant to the Bioethics Act of 2021, a decree set 31 March 2025 as the deadline for the use of gametes from anonymous donors.

New sperm donation rules to enforce 12-family limit for donors - DutchNews.nl

New rules on sperm donation have come into force in the Netherlands to prevent men fathering hundreds of children by...

A decree set 31 March as the deadline for the use of gametes from anonymous donors. Once they reach the age of majority, people born from a donation will now have access to “identifying data” and “not”