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Status of the human body > Gamete donation
Access to origins: Belgian law deems gamete donor anonymity unconstitutional
Author / Source : EIB Published on : Thematic : Status of the human body / Gamete donation News Temps de lecture : 2 min.
After the birth of two daughters conceived through artificial reproduction with a gamete donor, a woman asked the fertilization center for access to the donor's identifying and non-identifying information, without any medical reason. When UZ Brussel refused, the mother and one of her daughters turned to the Brussels Court of First Instance. The 2007 law “relating to medically assisted procreation and the destination of supernumerary embryos and gametes” stipulates that a...