Talk:Donor conceived people

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[edit] The Rights section

This article is propaganda and needs to be reworked to belong in wikipedia.

The statement "Most donor conceived people who are born from anonymous donation wish to have more information about their biological parent(s), so that they are able to complete their personal history," is speculation and completely unsupported.

The statement "The majority of donor conceived people (those who know about their conception) disagree with anonymous donation of any sort," is speculation and completely unsupported.

Knowing one's gene donor does not make one "able to complete their personal history" but rather only adds a piece to the puzzle. And despite the influence of genes, a donor and their offspring may have little in common.

Donor offspring have not been "deprived" off any part of their "identity." Rather, the agreement from the start was that they might never meet or know anything about their donor. Children have never been able to choose the circumstances into which they are born. And virtually children wish for other circumstances at some point.

Definitions of 'identity' from the Internet include: -the distinct personality of an individual regarded as a persisting entity; "you can lose your identity when you join the army" -the individual characteristics by which a thing or person is recognized or known; "geneticists only recently discovered the identity of the gene that causes it"; "it was too dark to determine his identity"; "she guessed the identity of his lover" -The set of behavioral or personal characteristics by which an individual is recognizable as a member of a group. -The distinct personality of an individual regarded as a persisting entity; individuality. ...knowing one's donor does not affect one's identity.

The statement "Where a child is illegally deprived of some..." is of no consequence here. Donor offspring have not been illegally deprived of anything.

The Rights section was removed. Mikael Häggström (talk) 06:20, 31 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Merge

The pages for Donor offspring and Donor conceived people should be merged. The term "Donor offspring" is considered offensive by some, so in my opinion, Donor-conceived people (with a hyphen) should be the one page, with links as appropriate. Some other pages should also link here. I'll do it if no-one else volunteers, but I'm hoping that someone with more Wiki experience will volunteer... Ml66uk2 (talk) 03:57, 18 November 2007 (UTC)

Due to the the offence that the donor-conceived feel at being treated the way they are, and say so, on http://whosedaughter.blogspot.com any offence taken by thw writer of the above objection must see that offences work both ways. But ideologically speaking, the last word about the donation of egg and sperm should go to the younger generation who will outlive the adults involved, and suffer just as much as them but for reasons of their own, and it's not the nicest legacy to be screwed up. But for the sake of democracy, I hope and trust that this edit remains open.

The merge is done. Mikael Häggström (talk) 06:20, 31 January 2008 (UTC)