EXAMINATION OF IDENTIFICATION RIGHT (RIGHT TO KNOW) FOR CHILDREN BORN THROUGH THE GAMETE DONATION

Abstract

Given the importance of family and its role in the formation of human society and Islam' accentuation on family and its consistency, carelessness and negligence against the new issues that arise in this regard is not justified. One of these issues is artificial fertilization. With regards to high rate of infertility in the society (10% to 15% of couples) in the current situation, the probability that the present and biologic parents of children to be different or the children to be formed in someone other than their biologic mother's womb or the ectopic pregnancy is much more than past. This issue brings about a lot of questions in
relation to what the persons should know about their parents and birth condition and what the effect of this knowledge their fate. The method of gamete donation include of infertile couples, third party and born child and one of the important subjects is to tell the truth to the born child or not, because each of these strategies has its own effect on the couple' life. Right to know about the lineage of true self is an important reason to inform the children that have been born using the donated gametes.