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  • Bioethics
  • Reproductive Medicine
  • Family Law

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  • Donor conception involves gamete donation for assisted reproduction.
  • Access to donor information, including genetic data, is a growing ethical concern.
  • Existing debates often focus on medical necessity or a right to genetic knowledge.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To introduce and defend the "Significant Interest" view on donor selection.
  • To argue for identity-release donors based on parental obligations to child well-being.
  • To explore the link between well-being and the satisfaction of significant subjective interests.

Main Methods:

  • Philosophical argumentation
  • Ethical analysis
  • Conceptual clarification of parental obligations and child interests

Main Results:

  • The Significant Interest view provides a non-medical justification for choosing identity-release donors.
  • Parental duties to promote child well-being extend to satisfying significant subjective interests.
  • A donor-conceived person's interest in genetic knowledge constitutes such a significant interest.

Conclusions:

  • Prospective parents have a strong ethical reason to select identity-release donors.
  • This ethical reason stems from the obligation to support a child's overall well-being, including their "significant subjective interests."
  • The desire for genetic information is a key interest that parents should facilitate through donor choice.