How Germany's new Sperm Donor Registry Act is internationally progressive
The German government has passed a law that will regulate the right of donor-conceived people to access their biological origins...
Dr Petra Thorn
BioNews Articles by Dr Petra Thorn
Donor-conceived people do benefit from being told about their conception
Professor Guido Pennings' provocatively entitled BioNews commentary 'Donor children do not benefit from being told about their conception' purports to highlight the shortcomings of existing research supporting a pro-disclosure agenda and castigates couns
German court decision raises more questions than answers
On 28 January this year the German Federal Court of Justice decided in a landmark court case that donor conceived people have the right to access the identity of their donor - independent of the offspring’s age...
Court decision in Germany supports rights of the donor conceived to access their donor's identity
On 6 February 2013, the Higher Regional Court in Hamm, Germany, granted a 21-year-old donor conceived woman the right to access the identity of her donor. Further steps must be taken in order to provide a comprehensive legal framework....
Fertility treatment in Germany
Germany is said to have one of the most restrictive legislation in the area of assisted reproductive technology (ART) treatments. In contrast to the UK, both oocyte donation and surrogacy are prohibited by the Embryo Protection Act. Pre-implantation genetic diagnosis (PGD) has only become permissible as of July this year — it can now be carried out if the child will be born with a severe genetic disease, or if the embryo is so severely impaired that the pregnancy...