Dr. Edgar Mocanu:

There are two aspects to this matter, which are the anonymous donation and the ability to identify the donor at a later date. A clear distinction should be made between the two. If the anonymity is removed at the time of donation when the person gives the sperm, that is one act. If the anonymity is removed for the product of that conception to access the primordial information about the initial donor, that is a completely different aspect. The institute's submission is along the lines of Dr. Shannon's point that a child - as is the case in the UK - should, on reaching maturity, be able to make a request to identify whether he or she is the result of donated human material, either sperm or egg, and be in a position to contact the donor. That automatically implies that the initial donor should have received appropriate information about the implications of his or her donation and the fact that it could happen in the future that an individual might want to access that information and make contact with the donor.