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Open-Identity Sperm Donation: How Does Offering Donor-Identifying Information Relate to Donor-Conceived Offspring’s Wishes and Needs?

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  1. Academic Medical Centre, University of Amsterdam, Center for Reproductive Medicine, Meibergdreef 9, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, 1105 AZ, The Netherlands

    Marja Visser, Monique H. Mochtar & Fulco van der Veen

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Visser, M., Mochtar, M.H. & van der Veen, F. Open-Identity Sperm Donation: How Does Offering Donor-Identifying Information Relate to Donor-Conceived Offspring’s Wishes and Needs?. Bioethical Inquiry 13, 363–364 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11673-016-9730-4

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