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    Donor anonymity in reproductive medicine is permissible. — Carmelics
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    Donor anonymity in reproductive medicine is permissible.

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    • 1.The value of medical history for donor-conceived individuals is overstated.
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    • 2.As medicine moves toward personalized approaches, the relevance of donor medical history will diminish further.
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    • 1.Donor-conceived individuals have a fundamental interest in knowing their genetic origins, grounded in identity formation and autonomy.
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    • 2.Anonymity systematically forecloses this interest without consent from the party most affected by the arrangement.
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    • 3.A practice that structurally denies an unconsenting party a fundamental interest cannot be straightforwardly permissible.
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    • 1.The supporting argument conflates medical utility with the full scope of reasons why genetic identity matters to persons.
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    • 2.Philosophical accounts of personal identity—from Parfit to narrative self-constitution theorists—ground genetic knowledge in self-understanding, not merely health outcomes.
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    • 3.Dismissing non-medical interests in genetic origins misrepresents the normative landscape and therefore fails to justify anonymity.
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    However, those who defend the permissibility of donor anonymity argue that the value of medical history is overstated, and will become less important as we move towards personalized medicine (Melo-Martín 2014). In fact, in a report recommending against permitting donor anonymity, the UK’s Nuffield Council on Bioethics stated that medical interests alone were not sufficient grounds for prohibiting donor anonymity (Nuffield Council on Bioethics 2013).
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