La majorité des couples procréant par don de sperme envisagent d’informer l’enfant de son mode de conception, mais la plupart souhaitent le maintien de l’anonymat du donneur

Semen donation is anonymous by law since 1994 in France but has been abolished in various countries. We present the results of a study that has been conducted in 14 Cecos in 2006, including 534 couples who were waiting for the assisted procreation, were under treatment, or had already at least one child with donor semen. The results were very similar between men and women and in the various groups. Over 90% of the men and the women are in agreement with donors’ anonymity and less than 10% would like the law to be changed on this point. Approximately 25% of them would give up their parental project if the law was going to change. Almost one-third would like information on the semen donor, mainly on his health, to be transmitted to themselves and to the children. The couples who plan to become parents through semen donation make a clear distinction between donor anonymity and child disclosure on its conception circumstances.