Anonimato e segredo na reprodução humana com participação de doador: Mudanças em perspectivas

Abstract

Reproductive technologies, when separating sexuality from reproduction, interfered not only in the relationships between the sexes, but also in the relationships of filiation, enabling the emergence of family settings due to the access to genetic material from others (egg, semen or embryo donors). The secrecy and anonymity that have always involved gamete donors have been challenged. In the last twenty years, various countries changed their legislation, adopting the policy of open identity of the donor of the genetic material. The possibility to know and have access to this identity (when reaching adulthood) or even the search for half-brothers can be a reality in many countries for children born through access to reproductive technology. The article emphasizes the matter of secrecy and anonymity involving the use of genetic material from others in reproductive technologies. The argument is set up through the debate in the United Kingdom concerning the abolition of the anonymity and its implications under the perspective of donors, claimant couples and the child. The study also reflects on the conceptions of family involved in this debate.