[Genetic problems associated with artificial reproduction using donor gametes: solutions adopted by CECOS (Centres...

Artificial reproductions using donor sperms or oocytes are increasing. In this way they offer the doctor the chance of preventing genetic handicaps that cannot be obtained by natural reproduction, and that therefore should be used. To deny this medical power is dangerously nihilistic. The use of this power for eugenic or commercial ends can lead to abuses. Therefore a strict medical protocol is proposed: 1) The use should be exclusively therapeutic and should include the genetic reasons for using a donor gamete in reproduction. 2) The objectives should be defined and the methods that can be employed in the prevention of abnormal genetic inheritance. 3) Research should be carried out into the possible iatrogenic effects of these methods of artificial reproduction.