Sperm donation: time to look forward, not back

Sir Colin Campbell, founder chair of the HFEA, his successor, Baroness Deech, and Professor Lord Winston, have now joined the debate on the UK's donor 'crisis'. All three regard the 'crisis' as emanating from the government's 2005 decision to abandon donor anonymity. Sir Colin and Baroness Deech have unequivocally demanded a policy reverse (1, 2), while Lord Winston asserts that 'as a consequence of this legislation, more couples undergoing these treatments state their firm intention to keep the method of conception secret from any child'(3).