Psychological harm experienced by donor-conceived individuals is socially constructed rather than necessary or inherent.

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1.Individuals who are unaware that they were donor-conceived show no worse psychological wellbeing than their peers.
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2.If the harm were inherent to being reared by non-genetic relations, it would manifest regardless of social awareness or context.
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3.Psychological harms that arise only in certain social contexts are attributable to those social conditions, not to the biological facts themselves.
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Furthermore, some argue that any psychological harm that does arise is likely socially constructed. As evidence, they point to studies showing that individuals who are unaware that they were donor-conceived do no worse than their peers when it comes to psychological wellbeing (Melo-Martín 2014; Haslanger 2009). Consequently, they argue that any psychological harms experienced by donor-conceived individuals arise in virtue of the social importance placed on biological ties rather than any ‘necess

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