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Regulating Sperm Donation: Why Requiring Exposed Donation Is Not The Answer, Vanessa L. Pi
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.
A Right To Choose?: Sex Selection In The International Context, Ashley Bumgarner
A Right To Choose?: Sex Selection In The International Context, Ashley Bumgarner
Duke Journal of Gender Law & Policy
While there is some debate among doctors, ethicists, and the general public about the level of medical necessity that should justify a sex-selection procedure, most accept that sex selection for medical reasons is beyond ethical reproach, and in some situations, should even be encouraged.9 However, elective, non-medical sex-selection, which is often performed for social or financial reasons, is the subject greater scrutiny and impassioned ethical debate.10 Currently, doctors and geneticists are able to diagnose more than five hundred separate medical conditions in a developing fetus.11 Among these conditions are devastating genetic diseases such as hemophilia, Down syndrome, cystic fibrosis, Huntington's …