{"id":327115,"date":"2025-03-05T08:37:46","date_gmt":"2025-03-05T14:37:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=327115"},"modified":"2025-03-04T00:02:59","modified_gmt":"2025-03-04T06:02:59","slug":"south-australia-database-donor-conceived-biological-parents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/south-australia-database-donor-conceived-biological-parents\/","title":{"rendered":"South Australia database will help donor-conceived adults find biological parents"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The state of South Australia has introduced<\/a> an online database aimed at helping donor-conceived persons locate their biological parents. It’s the first system of its kind in Australia.<\/p>\n

Through the South Australian Donor Conception Register, donor-conceived persons will be able to access information about their genetic backgrounds, including the names and birthdates of their biological parent or parents. This will include ‘donors’ who were originally promised lifelong anonymity; the creation of the registry required the state government to pass laws to override the anonymity guarantee given to those who ‘donated’ their sperm or eggs before 2004. If records exist of a ‘donor,’ he will be contacted by SA Health and given a 90-day warning before his name and date of birth are added to the online database.<\/p>\n

He or she will also be asked if he or she is willing to be contacted by any child conceived using his or her ‘donor’ egg or sperm.<\/p>\n

Advocates argue that the register will connect donor-conceived persons with life-saving genetic information while also helping them move towards healing from the trauma associated with learning how they were conceived.<\/p>\n