Giving or giving back: new psychosocial insights from sperm donors in France
Résumé
Despite the growing importance of the international scientific literature
concerning donor insemination, studies of French samples are rare. We
recently had the opportunity to conduct a nationwide study on psychosocial
issues related to semen donation in France. In this article, we present the main
results of an analysis of the narratives of 33 sperm donors. We examine the
meaning they attribute to this experience, their motivations, the social
ramifications of their action, and their perspective on the principles of sperm
donation in France. We highlight our results by comparing them to those
derived from other recent international studies in different legislative contexts.
Finally, we suggest a hypothesis regarding donor motivations based on recent
literature in social sciences regarding the fundamental role of gift and
reciprocity. These issues, particularly the anonymity of gamete donation, are
currently at the heart of a national debate related to the expected revision of
the French bioethics law.
Domaines
Psychologie
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