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Duke Journal of Gender Law & Policy

2009

Artificial insemination

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Regulating Sperm Donation: Why Requiring Exposed Donation Is Not The Answer, Vanessa L. Pi Aug 2009

Regulating Sperm Donation: Why Requiring Exposed Donation Is Not The Answer, Vanessa L. Pi

Duke Journal of Gender Law & Policy

[...] the risk of incest and consanguinity11 are prevalent with anonymous donation12 since there is no monitoring of the number of live births per donor. [...] the number of children born from sperm donation has doubled in recent years.30 Although sperm may be donated by a relative or close friend of the couple or individual, often the sperm is donated anonymously through a sperm bank or clinic.