Donor sperm: only for the rich and straight.

Reprod Biomed Online

Bioethics Institute Ghent (BIG), Department of Philosophy and Moral Science, Ghent University, Gent, Belgium. Electronic address:

Published: September 2024

Although single women and lesbian couples are given access to donor spermatozoa, all kinds of restrictions limit their actual use of donor insemination. These restrictions are frequently justified by the increase in safety (lowering the genetic risk) or well-being of donor-conceived persons. However, these restrictions directly result in stratified reproduction in which only the rich (those with the necessary financial means) and the straight (those who conform to dominant views of parenthood) are allowed to reproduce.

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