Take time to carefully consider all of your options regarding medical care, donor status, insemination procedures and sperm bank selection. Be sure to consider all of the following criteria when evaluating sperm banks. Many parents believe that children born of donor insemination have a right to information about their biological lineage. Responsive to the needs of parents and the well-being of children, a few sperm banks are now moving toward known donor inseminations. This means that the donor is willing to permit children conceived with his sperm to contact him when they reach adulthood.
Any contact is by the child's option only.
Donors are not given the identities of the mother or couple, and usually are not even informed of pregnancies conceived with their sperm. A Friendly And Supportive Environment Sperm banks vary in the support and sensitivity shown to their clients. If you are a lesbian or gay and lesbian family, make sure you select a sperm bank that understands the health and cultural issues families like yours will face. Look for strong connections to the lesbian and gay community and access to alternative parenting organizations and resources. All sperm donors should be carefully selected and medically screened according to guidelines established by the industry's leading professional medical associations.