Concerned activists are calling for a national sperm donation database to be established in Australia amidst fears that “prolific donors” could lead to “accidental incest” across the country. While the country has multiple different sperm donation databases, there is no unified national database that could track “prolific donors,” The Guardian reported. Concerned citizens are worried donor-conceived individuals could be traumatized if they find out they have dozens of half-siblings across Australia’s six states and two territories. (RELATED: Sperm Donor Is Child’s Legal Father, Australia’s High Court Rules)Rebecca Kerner, chair of the Australian and New Zealand Infertility Counsellors Association, also issued a call for a national database. La Trobe University’s law school dean Fiona Kelly stressed that the various state governments would have to work together to form such a database.

Source: The Guardian February 14, 2023 00:16 UTC