Bjørn Bay1, Peter B Larsen2, Ulrik Schiøler Kesmodel3, Hans Jakob Ingerslev3. 1. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark; Cryos International-Denmark, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark; Section of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark. Electronic address: bjornbay@me.com. 2. Cryos International-Denmark, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark. 3. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To study the motivation and attitudes toward donor anonymity, economic compensation, and insemination of lesbian and single women among Danish sperm donors in 2012 compared with the two preceding decades. DESIGN: Anonymous survey. SETTING: Danish sperm bank. PATIENT(S): Sperm donors active in 2012 (n = 97), 2002 (n = 62), and 1992 (n = 41). INTERVENTION(S): All donors who donated sperm in the study period were asked to participate. The results were compared with those of previous surveys from the same sperm bank. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE(S): Motivation and attitudes toward donor anonymity, economic compensation, and insemination of lesbian and single women. RESULT(S): In 2012, the most frequently stated factor was altruism, motivating 90% of the sperm donors, which was not significantly different from the previous surveys. If economic compensations were removed, only 14% would continue to donate. The proportion of anonymous donors who would stop their donations if anonymity was abolished was 51%, 56%, and 67% in 1992, 2002, and 2012, respectively. A significantly increasing proportion of donors felt positive about donation to lesbian couples. CONCLUSION(S): The motivation for sperm donation is multifaceted and primarily based on economic compensation and altruism. Most Danish donors would stop their donations if economic compensation or anonymity were abolished.
OBJECTIVE: To study the motivation and attitudes toward donor anonymity, economic compensation, and insemination of lesbian and single women among Danish sperm donors in 2012 compared with the two preceding decades. DESIGN: Anonymous survey. SETTING: Danish sperm bank. PATIENT(S): Sperm donors active in 2012 (n = 97), 2002 (n = 62), and 1992 (n = 41). INTERVENTION(S): All donors who donated sperm in the study period were asked to participate. The results were compared with those of previous surveys from the same sperm bank. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE(S): Motivation and attitudes toward donor anonymity, economic compensation, and insemination of lesbian and single women. RESULT(S): In 2012, the most frequently stated factor was altruism, motivating 90% of the sperm donors, which was not significantly different from the previous surveys. If economic compensations were removed, only 14% would continue to donate. The proportion of anonymous donors who would stop their donations if anonymity was abolished was 51%, 56%, and 67% in 1992, 2002, and 2012, respectively. A significantly increasing proportion of donors felt positive about donation to lesbian couples. CONCLUSION(S): The motivation for sperm donation is multifaceted and primarily based on economic compensation and altruism. Most Danish donors would stop their donations if economic compensation or anonymity were abolished.
Authors: Breanna McSweeney; Jessica R Allegretti; Monika Fischer; Huiping Xu; Karen J Goodman; Tanya Monaghan; Carmen McLeod; Benjamin H Mullish; Elaine O Petrof; Emmalee L Phelps; Roxana Chis; Abby Edmison; Angela Juby; Ralph Ennis-Davis; Brandi Roach; Karen Wong; Dina Kao Journal: Gut Microbes Date: 2019-05-23