Emily Fuggetta at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette writes:
…Connecting with sperm donors isn’t always as easy as it is portrayed in “The Kids Are All Right,” a film starring Julianne Moore, Annette Bening and Mark Ruffalo, which opened in Pittsburgh Friday after early success in other cities.
Exactly!
And:
…some are fighting for the U.S. to require disclosure. The Institute for American Values, a nonprofit group in New York “whose mission is to study and strengthen key American values,” released a study called “My Daddy’s Name Is Donor,” which outlines what it deems the negative effects of anonymous donation.
The Web-based study of more than 1,600 people found that 65 percent of donor offspring agree with the statement “My sperm donor is half of who I am” and that “family relationships for donor offspring are more often characterized by confusion, tension and loss.” The study also found that 53 percent of donor-conceived respondents agreed that “It hurts when I hear other people talk about their genealogical background,” compared with 29 percent of those who were adopted.
Kathleen LaBounty, 28, of Houston, hopes the U.S. will require disclosure to prevent others from experiencing the pain she has felt during a so-far-unsuccessful search for her biological father. more
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Would you say that was an accurate description of the study? How many of the questions or results or conclusions in the study indicate a difference between anonymous and known donors? It’s not as if the study only finds negative effects of anonymous donation but known donors come out spotless, right?
And the IAV isn’t just fighting to require disclosure, right? It is very unfortunate that the debate is becoming “heated” merely over the question of anonymity. Is it just low hanging fruit? And it wouldn’t help the Alana’s of the world find out their donor’s identity anyhow, right?
Also, what are the “key values” that the IAV is studying and strengthening?