Life in the laboratory
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Not knowing that your biological father may be very tormenting. People conceived through sperm donation need more openness and less selfishness.
DAre there children’s rights? Anne Meier-Credner said that there is no such thing. At least if this right is absolute, it won’t. Anyone who talks to Meyer-Kredner about the Donated Children’s Association she co-founded in 2009 may not only have a new understanding of artificial insemination and its consequences, but will also increase his language awareness. Take the term “ideal child” as an example: “It came to this world to fulfill another wish,” said Meyer-Kredner. “This is how you use a person. Everyone has dignity and is an individual.”
The association has slightly more than 260 members, who are adults who have been conceived through sperm donation. But the word “donation”—despite it in the name of the association—is problematic. Although the simple material donation process usually ends with a tax refund, a new life begins here. A life that the donor used to be unaware of-just as a child does not know his genetic father. If such a child knows anything about his conception, the natural result is to try to know as much as possible about the father. Club members also have one thing in common: they are or are looking for their genetic father. With the help of the association, about 60 people have now been able to identify them.
