Wrong:
The few following quotes from parents of donor-conceived children or from donors illustrate the impact of the lack of regulation in the industry:
1. “Our daughter is 6 years old and has been diagnosed with a hereditary bone disease called MHE [multiple hereditary exostoses]. There is no history in our family”
2. “At the age of 3, my daughter developed a very rare disease, Rasmussen’s encephalitis, which caused seizures and significant brain damage”.
3. “My father and grandmother both died of multiple myeloma, a nasty cancer. Many members of my family suffer from depression” [former sperm donor].
4. “My husband was a medical student and was an occasional sperm donor….He died of pancreatic cancer in 2002”.
5. “I would like to contact other offspring. Both my children have au - tism, and we have no history in my family of any disabilities.”
Maybe regulation of sperm donation might be another avenue for pro-life efforts. Just a thought.
