ESHRE Task Force on Ethics and Law 21: genetic screening of gamete donors: ethical issues

W. Dondorp; G. de Wert; G. Pennings; F. Shenfield; P. Devroey; B. Tarlatzis; P. Barri; K. Diedrich; U. Eichenlaub-Ritter; F. Tüttelmann; V. Provoost

doi:10.1093/humrep/deu111

ESHRE Task Force on Ethics and Law 21: genetic screening of gamete donors: ethical issues

W. Dondorp^*, G. de Wert, G. Pennings, F. Shenfield, P. Devroey, B. Tarlatzis, P. Barri, K. Diedrich, U. Eichenlaub-Ritter, F. Tüttelmann, V. Provoost

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Abstract

This Task Force document explores the ethical issues involved in the debate about the scope of genetic screening of gamete donors. Calls for expanded donor screening arise against the background of both occasional findings of serious but rare genetic conditions in donors or donor offspring that were not detected through present screening procedures and the advent of new genomic technologies promising affordable testing of donors for a wide range of conditions. Ethical principles require that all stakeholders' interests are taken into account, including those of candidate donors. The message of the profession should be that avoiding all risks is impossible and that testing should remain proportional.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1353-1359
Number of pages	7
Journal	Human Reproduction
Volume	29
Issue number	7
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1093/humrep/deu111
Publication status	Published - Jul 2014

Keywords

ethics
donor conception
genetic screening
reproductive risk
reproductive safety
MEDICALLY ASSISTED REPRODUCTION
SPERM DONATION
INFERTILE MEN
DISEASE
ACCESS
CHILD

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