2005 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary
Considering Donor Conception from the Views of Parties Concerned with AID : How People Narrate Their Families
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15310176
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Gender
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| Research Institution | Keio University |
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Principal Investigator |
NAGAOKI Satoko Keio Univ., Economics, Assistant Professor, 経済学部, 助教授 (80118984)
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| 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)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2003 – 2005
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| Keywords | AID / DI / Artificial Insemination by donor Sperm / Assisted Reproduction Technologies / The right to know their origins |
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| 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.
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