Donor inquiry deadline approaches

Donor inquiry deadline approaches

Whether donor details should be able to be recorded on birth certificates is the subject of a NSW Legislative Assembly Committee on Law and Safety inquiry. The deadline for submissions is December 21.

Currently there is no provision for recording sperm, egg or embryo donor details, although donor information has been kept on a central register by the Department of Health since January 2010.

Committee chair John Barilaro MP said access to information for donor-conceived people was an important issue.

“The committee is keen to seek community views on where and how details should be maintained to facilitate this access,” Barilaro said.

“We will consider whether the current system for recording donor information is adequate, and whether these details should be kept by the Registrar of Births, Deaths and Marriages.

“As part of the inquiry, we will also be exploring how donor details are recorded in other Australian jurisdictions.”

Email submissions to [email protected] or lodge at www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/lawandsafety or mail to The Chair, Committee on Law and Safety, Parliament House, Macquarie St, Sydney NSW 2000.

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4 responses to “Donor inquiry deadline approaches”

  1. Ah we actually have three wonderful kids, but I am sure that when you’re old enough to donate a lot of women will be relieved to know your sperm isn’t on the market.

  2. Well if that is the case. then it is time to go to the International Courts for Human rights and have our sperm protected from women. So now you will NEVER be able to have kids.

  3. Actually no you’re not. Donating something in a cup doesn’t make you a father, nor should it. Carrying caring paying cleaning working paying bills sitting up all night, attending sporting events, school meetings and the various million other activities involved in creating and raising a child does. – anything less is well, just a wank.

  4. This will put an end to us men being used as sperm donors.

    We are entitled to have our names and recognised under the law as the biological fathers of any children that we help to create.

    At last common sense and law is finally going to recognise this discriminatory act.

    Must put a stop to the “Anonymous Sperm Donor” attitude.