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Children of anonymous sperm donors should be allowed access to genetic information such as health history, height and eye colour, and an agency set up to quickly collect these records because they are at risk of being lost, an inquiry has found.
Alarmed by evidence clinics have deliberately destroyed the records of children conceived before 2010, before anonymous sperm donation was made illegal, the inquiry has called on the NSW Attorney-General to make it an offence to damage or falsify any donor conception records. But it has stopped short of recommending donor-conceived children be given access to old records that would identify the donor without their consent.
The chairman of the NSW Parliament's law and safety committee, Nationals MP John Barilaro, said there was a sense of urgency in the recommendations. ''There are gaps that individuals have in their life story and life journey where donors play a role, and they feel they are entitled to that information,'' he said.
Geraldine Hewitt, 30, who was donor-conceived and knows nothing about the donor, says she is worried about the likelihood of...
Alarmed by evidence clinics have deliberately destroyed the records of children conceived before 2010, before anonymous sperm donation was made illegal, the inquiry has called on the NSW Attorney-General to make it an offence to damage or falsify any donor conception records. But it has stopped short of recommending donor-conceived children be given access to old records that would identify the donor without their consent.
The chairman of the NSW Parliament's law and safety committee, Nationals MP John Barilaro, said there was a sense of urgency in the recommendations. ''There are gaps that individuals have in their life story and life journey where donors play a role, and they feel they are entitled to that information,'' he said.
Geraldine Hewitt, 30, who was donor-conceived and knows nothing about the donor, says she is worried about the likelihood of...