A British sperm donor has fathered 17 families, raising the risk of the offspring meeting and unwittingly having an incestuous relationship. It also emerged that another man has created 12 families and three others have created 11.
The breach of the 10-family limit set by the Human Fertility and Embryology Authority came to light after research by a campaigning group. The HFEA admitted it does not know how often its rules have been breached.
There is a real danger in a small country like the UK for donor-conceived children to meet up unknowingly with half-siblings. The 10-family limit imposed is an attempt to reduce the probability that any future sexual relationships might ensue with the very worrying risks for offspring associated with consanguinity.
The 10-family restriction was imposed to minimize the number of half-brothers and sisters a child could have. Experts believe that children born from sperm donation could suffer psychological trauma if they subsequently discover they have a very large number of siblings or are engaged to one of them.
HFEA has such inadequate systems in place that it is unable to monitor properly the numbers of babies conceived in this way. The HFEA's chief executive, Alan Doran, is to write to fertility clinics warning that further breaches could risk their licenses.
Un donante de esperma británico ha engendrado a 17 familias, aumentando el riesgo de una unión no planeada de la descendencia que sin querer pueden tener una relación incestuosa. También se supo que otro hombre ha creado 12 familias y otros tres han creado 11.
La restricción de 10 familias se impuso tambien para reducir al mínimo el número de medios hermanos y hermanas que un niño puede tener. Los expertos creen que los niños nacidos a partir de la donación de esperma podrían sufrir un trauma psicológico si luego descubren que tienen un gran número de hermanos o estan comprometidos a uno de ellos.
The breach of the 10-family limit set by the Human Fertility and Embryology Authority came to light after research by a campaigning group. The HFEA admitted it does not know how often its rules have been breached.

The 10-family restriction was imposed to minimize the number of half-brothers and sisters a child could have. Experts believe that children born from sperm donation could suffer psychological trauma if they subsequently discover they have a very large number of siblings or are engaged to one of them.
HFEA has such inadequate systems in place that it is unable to monitor properly the numbers of babies conceived in this way. The HFEA's chief executive, Alan Doran, is to write to fertility clinics warning that further breaches could risk their licenses.

El incumplimiento del límite de 10 familias establecido por la Autoridad de Fertilidad Humana y Embriología salió a la luz después de que una investigación fue realizada por un grupo de campaña. La HFEA admitió que no sabe con qué frecuencia sus reglas han sido violadas.
Hay un peligro real de que en un pequeño país como el Reino Unido los niños concebidos por donantes de esperma puedan sin saberlo tener relaciones sexuales con su medio hermano(a). El límite de 10 familias fue impuesto en un intento de reducir la probabilidad de que cualquier relación sexual futura pudiera derivarse en los riesgos muy preocupante para los descendientes de parejas asociadas con la consanguinidad.

HFEA tiene establecidos estos sistemas inadecuados que no es capaz de controlar adecuadamente el número de bebés concebidos de esta manera. El Director ejecutivo de la HFEA, Alan Doran, va a escribir a las clínicas de fertilidad una advertencia de que si ellos continuan violando la imposicion, esas clinicas corren el riesgo de perder sus licencias.