Colorado has become the first state to ban anonymous gamete donation, sparking debate about the rights of donor-conceived individuals. The new law, effective January 1, 2024, grants donor-conceived individuals access to their donor's identity and medical history upon reaching 18 years old. It also restricts the number of families using a single donor to 25 worldwide and mandates record-keeping and updates by sperm and egg banks.
As of this month, it's illegal to use an anonymous sperm or egg donor in Colorado under a new law that took effect Jan. 1.It's the first state to ban anonymous gamete donation, thanks to a nascent political movement with a relatively new advocacy group—the U.S. Donor Conceived Council , which works on behalf of people born via donor conception.The law gives donor-conceived people access to the donor's identity and medical history when they turn 18.
This allows for a significantly higher number of children to be born from any one given donor than the Colorado limit, which increases the chances for incest among offspring, along with the likelihood that each child will have dozens of siblings he or she may never be able to meet. Banks can also swap or sell vials from certain donors who have reached the self-imposed limit and allow those donors' genetics to continue producing children in a new state or country, indefinitely.
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