Great discussion about sperm donor privacy on The Gist Podcast today. Thanks Mike Pesca for cutting to the heart of the matter.
After I talk to other sperm donors, my opinions might evolve, but my belief is:
- There are reasonably good arguments for donor conceived individuals to get updated health records about their sperm donors. I really don’t have an issue with that.
- Donor conceived individuals have no right whatsoever to any other information about their sperm donors, if the donor doesn’t want to give it out.
The donor conceived individual who tracked me down, in the same way that the Golden State Killer was found using familial DNA matching, informed that, in her belief, I had no right to privacy whatsoever. I found her entitled attitude to be jaw-droppingly counterproductive.