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2005 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary

Considering Donor Conception from the Views of Parties Concerned with AID : How People Narrate Their Families

Research Project

Project/Area Number 15310176
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Section一般
Research Field Gender
Research InstitutionKeio University

Principal Investigator

NAGAOKI Satoko  Keio Univ., Economics, Assistant Professor, 経済学部, 助教授 (80118984)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) SHIMIZU Kiyomi  Tokyo Medical & Dental Univ., Comprehensive Health Nursing Sciences, Instructor, 保健衛生学研究科, 助手 (70323673)
KUSAKA Kazuyo  Tokyo Medical & Dental Univ., Comprehensive Health Nursing Sciences, Instructor, 保健衛生学研究科, 助手 (40302872)
TSUGE Azumi  Meiji Gakuin Univ., Sociology & Social Work, Professor, 社会学部, 教授 (90179987)
Project Period (FY) 2003 – 2005
KeywordsAID / DI / Artificial Insemination by donor Sperm / Assisted Reproduction Technologies / The right to know their origins
Research Abstract

This report presents results of our project concerning Artificial Insemination by Donor Sperm (AID). Our project goal is to demonstrate the current situation of AID and to examine the necessity of legal, social, and psychological support to each of the parties concerned with AID. We interviewed 31 people who were born through AID, who have (will have) children through AID, who donated their sperm for AID or who are medical staffs conducting AID either in Japan, Australia or Germany. In addition, we conducted questionnaire surveys of some medical institutions which are registered for AID in Japan and Australia.
A major result that we report here is the difference of opinion about whether or not to tell a child about donor conception. In Japan, concealment is generally accepted by both parents and medical practitioners. However, in Australia and Germany, openness has begun to be more accepted lately.
AID offspring worry about their genealogy for various reasons, so they insist on their ‘right to know about the fact' including about the sperm donor. Some parents agree with them and some don't.
We show that legislation, institutional regulation and doctors' attitudes to AID reflect the parents' attitude about whether or not to tell their children the facts. Most Japanese parents and prospective parents we interviewed expressed their resolution to keep secret about AID from their children and their loneliness without peers because they recognized their stigmatized situation.
Therefore, we conclude that there is a need for enhancement of informed consent, preparing better resources for encouraging parents to tell the truth to their children, and educating medical doctors and sperm donors for better understanding the psycho-social issues of AID.

  • Research Products

    (8 results)

All 2005 2004 2003

All Journal Article (7 results) Book (1 results)

  • [Journal Article] How Society Responds to Desires of Childless Couples : Japan's Position on Donor Conception2005

    • Author(s)
      柘植あづみ
    • Journal Title

      明治学院大学社会学部付属研究所年報 35

      Pages: 21-34

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
  • [Journal Article] How Society Responds to Desires of Childless Couples : Japan's Position on Donor Conception2005

    • Author(s)
      TSUGE, Azumi
    • Journal Title

      Annual Journal of Institute of Sociology and Social Work Meiji Gakuin University 35

      Pages: 21-34

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
  • [Journal Article] Seishoku Hojo Iryo nikannsuru Giron karamiru ‘Nihon'2005

    • Author(s)
      TSUGE, Azumi
    • Journal Title

      Gendai Seishoku Iryo (UESUGI, Tomiyuki ed.)(Sekaishiso Inc.)

      Pages: 138-158

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
  • [Journal Article] Survey on Disclosure of Birth Background to Children by Mothers. Who Resorted to Artificial Insemination with Donor Sperm(AID)2004

    • Author(s)
      KIYOMI.SHIMIZU
    • Journal Title

      OCHANOMIZU UNIVERSITY The 21^<st> Century COE Program Series2

      Pages: 46-59

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
  • [Journal Article] Survey on Disclosure of Birth Background to Children by Mothers. Who Resorted to Artificial Insemination with Donor Sperm (AID)2004

    • Author(s)
      SHIMIZU, Kiyomi
    • Journal Title

      OCHANOMIZU UNIVERSITY The 21^<st> Century COE Program Series 2

      Pages: 46-59

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
  • [Journal Article] 精子・卵子・胚提供による生殖補助技術と家族2003

    • Author(s)
      柘植あづみ
    • Journal Title

      家族社会学研究 15(1)

      Pages: 45-54

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
  • [Journal Article] Family and Assisted Reproductive Technology with Sperm, Egg and Embryo Donation2003

    • Author(s)
      TSUGE, Azumi
    • Journal Title

      Japanese Journal of Family Sociology 15(1)

      Pages: 45-54

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
  • [Book] 生殖補助医療に関する議論から見る『日本』(『現代生殖医療一杜会科学からのアプローチ』上杉富之編)2005

    • Author(s)
      柘植あづみ(共著)
    • Total Pages
      138-158
    • Publisher
      世界思想杜
    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より

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Published: 2007-12-13  

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