Regulating Reproductive Donation

Susan Golombok is Professor of Family Research and Director of the Centre for Family Research at the University of Cambridge. Rosamund Scott is Professor of Medical Law and Ethics and Co-Director of the Centre of Medical Law and Ethics at the Dickson Poon School of Law, King's College London. Stephen Wilkinson is Professor of Bioethics at Lancaster University. Martin Richards is Emeritus Professor of Family Research at the Centre for Family Research, University of Cambridge. John B. Appleby is a Research Associate at the Centre of Medical Law and Ethics at the Dickson Poon School of Law, King's College London.

'This excellent interdisciplinary volume clearly combines the empirical research and the theoretical debates, creating ethical discussions that for once are applicable to actual family situations.' Fiona MacCallum, University of Warwick

• Introduction Susan Golombok, John B. Appleby, Martin Richards, Rosamund Scott and Stephen Wilkinson; 1. The development of governance and regulation of donor conception in the UK Martin Richards; Part I. International, Cross-border and Global Issues: 2. International regulation and cross-country comparisons Guido Pennings, Robert Klitzman and Fernando Zegers-Hochschild; 3. Legal regulation of family creation through gamete donation: access, identity and parentage Theresa Glennon; 4. Reproductive donation in the context of environmental and global justice Anja J. Karnein and Mattias Iser; 5. Normative and regulatory issues in cross-border reproductive health care Guido Pennings; 6. Surrogacy: issues, concerns, and complexities Vasanti Jadva; 7. A better legal framework for United Kingdom surrogacy? Natalie Gamble; Part II. How Many Children Per Donor?: 8. Sperm donors limited: psychosocial aspects of genetic connections and the regulation of offspring numbers Tabitha Freeman, Vasanti Jadva and Jenna Slutsky; 9. Limiting offspring numbers: can we justify regulation? Katharine Wright; Part III. Donors: Experiences, Motivations and Consent: 10. Regulating the 'good' donor: the expectations and experiences of sperm donors in Denmark and Victoria, Australia Susanna Graham, Sebastian Mohr and Kate Bourne; 11. Gamete donor motives, payment, and child-welfare Stephen Wilkinson; 12. Egg-sharing, motivation and consent: ethical, legal and policy issues Rosamund Scott; Part IV. Information about Donors: The Interests at Stake: 13. Thoughts and feelings about the donor: a family perspective Lucy Blake, Elena Ilioi and Susan Golombok; 14. 'Choosing' a donor: parents' perspectives on current and future donor information provision in clinically assisted reproduction Sophie Zadeh, Susan Imrie and Andrea Braverman; 15. Regulating the provision of donor information to donor-conceived children: is there room for improvement? John B. Appleby; 16. The informational needs of prospective parents: an ethical perspective Bobbie Farsides.