This is a very relevant and important issue for sperm banks and families with donor conceived children. However, there are significant barriers to making this happen. Essentially, a sperm donor can not be compelled to comply.
Their personal health information is protected by privacy laws.
The issues of how a sperm bank can obtain a donor's information, how it will be incorporated into the donor’s records and, not least, how will it be made available to you is still a hot area of discussion in the fertility industry.
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