Can donors of embryos, oocytes, or sperm be contacted again to get additional information from them, to provide them with information, to discuss commercialization, or for other purposes?
Donors may be recontacted if, in the donation consent form, they have agreed to be recontacted. If researchers expect they may want to recontact donors, the initial consent form should describe the circumstances and purposes of recontact. Allowing recontact can be optional; there could be separate lines for subjects to initial to indicate whether or not they consent to possible recontact. It may be desirable to allow donors to specify whether or not they are willing to be contacted for specific purposes or in specific manners. If researchers want to recontact donors but the consent form is silent about whether recontact is permissible, the researchers should seek IRB approval before trying to make contact. The researchers and the IRB must weigh the intrusion on the donors’ privacy against whatever personal or scientific benefit would come from the contact. If the donation consent form says the researchers will not or may not recontact the donors, or if the consent form says all links b
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