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<br>No federal law in the United States requires that egg or sperm donors or recipients exchange any information with the offspring that result from the donation. Donors typically enter into contracts with fertility clinics or sperm banks which promise them anonymity. The parents may know the donorâs hair color, height, IQ, college, and profession; they may even have heard the donorâs voice. But they donât know the donorâs name, medical history, or other information that might play a key role in a childâs development. And, until recently, donor-conceived offspring typically didnât know that one of their biological parents was a donor. But the secrecy surrounding the use of donor eggs and sperm is changing. And as it does, increasing numbers of parents and donorconceived offspring are searching for others who share the same biological heritage. When donors, recipients, and 'donor kids' find each other, they create new forms of families that exist outside of the law. The New Kinship details how families are made and how bonds are created between families in the brave new world of reproductive technology. Naomi Cahn, a nationally-recognized expert on reproductive technolog

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Author

Naomi R. Cahn

Publisher

New York: New York University Press

Published

2013

Language

EN

ISBN

9780814772034

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Family & Relationships, Law, Technology