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Many countries already have legal limits for donors. In Malta and Cyprus, for example, both egg and sperm donors are allowed to contribute to the birth of just a single child, according to data presented at\u00a0the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology (ESHRE) meeting in London on July 8.<\/p>\n
Other countries set limits based on the number of families a single donor can contribute to, allowing recipients to have children who share a genetic link. In the UK, that limit is set at 10 families per donor.<\/p>\n
But these limits are difficult to enforce, partly because donated gametes don\u2019t necessarily stay in their original country. In Denmark, the national limit is set at 12 families. But the country is a major exporter of sperm. In the UK, for example,\u00a0more than half of sperm donations in 2020 were imported\u2014with most of those coming from either Denmark or the US.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe only thing that really makes sense is a transnational limit,\u201d Jackson Kirkman-Brown, a professor of reproductive biology at the University of Birmingham, said at the meeting.<\/p>\n
Kirkman-Brown and his colleagues have spent months putting together a document that represents ESHRE\u2019s position on these limits. After consulting with fertility specialists, clinics, sperm and egg banks, donors, and donor-conceived people, the team has developed a plan to start with a Europe-wide limit on sperm and egg donations.<\/p>\n
ESHRE is calling on sperm and egg banks, as well as fertility clinics, to respect an initial limit of 50 families per donor. That\u2019s still very high, according to a handful of people I spoke to at the meeting. But at least it\u2019s a start.<\/p>\n
Europe should move toward setting limits at 15 families per donor, Kirkman-Brown said. \u201cWe may find that 15 is also too high,\u201d says Vasanti Jadva, who studies the psychological well-being of people conceived using donated eggs, sperm, and embryos at City St George\u2019s in London. \u201cWe still don\u2019t know what the right number is.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
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