著者

Tobias Bauer

出版者

熊本大学大学院人文社会科学研究部(文学系)

雑誌

人文科学論叢 = Kumamoto journal of humanities (ISSN:24350052)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.3, pp.81-112, 2022-03-31

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The German Sperm Donor Registry Act (Samenspenderregistergesetz SaRegG) came into force in 2018. It de facto banned donor anonymity in AID treatment by introducing a mandatory national sperm donor registry allowing donor-conceived people to retrieve information on the identity of their genetic father. However, since data relating to people conceived before July 2018 or people conceived abroad or in private contexts are not included in the registry, these groups of donor-conceived people continue to face difficulties when trying to exercise their right to know their genetic origins.Therefore, the Verein Spenderkinder ("association of donor-conceived children"), a self-help organization and lobby group of donor-conceived people founded in 2009, continues to highlight the limitations of the current legal situation and the consequences for the possibilities of donor-conceived people to exercise their right to know their origins. By analyzing the positions and demands of the Verein Spenderknder as an influential actor in the ongoing discourse, this article aims to carve out the association's specific understanding of the scope and content of the right to know one's origins.