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Book review
Truth and the Child 10 Years on: Information Exchange in Donor Assisted Conception.
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Truth and the Child 10 Years on: Information Exchange in Donor Assisted Conception. Edited by E Blyth, M Crawshaw, J Speirs. (Pp 83; £5.95.) BASW Publication, Birmingham. ISBN 1 86178 028 1 .
How much information should children conceived from donor sperm be given about their origin? This is not a small problem now that 2500 children are born in the UK every year using donated gametes or embryos. I must admit that this was a problem that had never crossed my mind despite having an adopted son and being pretty much in favour of openness between parents and children on “secrets of the past”. Yet, if asked, I think I would have said …