Is donation anonymous or known?
In WA both anonymous and known donation are permitted for sperm, eggs and embryos. Even though the Human Reproductive Technology Act 1991 (the Act) does not allow for any access, by those born of donation, to identifying information about the donor without the donor’s consent with recent amendments made to the Act, no donor will be accepted without consenting to this. If a recipient or mature donor offspring approaches the clinic or the Reproductive Technology Register seeking identifying information about past donors there is scope for donors who donated previously to give (or refuse) their consent. Some time in the future it is possible that legislation may be further amended to make it a retrospective right for all donor offspring to access identifying information about the donor.
