A child's right to identity in the context of embryo donation: part 1

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dc.contributor.authorBouah, Nicole
dc.contributor.authorJacobs, Carmel
dc.date.accessioned2025-01-17T12:50:08Z
dc.date.available2025-01-17T12:50:08Z
dc.date.issued2024
dc.description.abstractThis article investigates the extent to which the South African Legislature and the international community recognise the right to identity of a child born through embryo donation. A distinction is drawn between embryo donation, gamete donation and surrogacy. Thereafter, the article discusses the multiple aspects which the right to identity comprises, namely: personal, biological, family and siblingship identity. An assessment is made of how these various aspects are impacted by national and cross-border embryo donation arrangements. The Children's Act 38 of 2005, the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996, the National Health Act 61 of 2003 and the Regulations Relating to Artificial Fertilisation of Persons, in addition to the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) and the African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child (ACRWC) are critically examined to the extent that may be applicable to children born through embryo donation. The article concludes that neither the South African legislative framework, nor the CRC or the ACRWC explicitly upholds the child's right to identity
dc.identifier.citationBouah, N. and Jacobs, C., 2024. A Child's Right to Identity in the Context of Embryo Donation: Part 1. Potchefstroom Electronic Law Journal, 27, pp.Published-on.
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.17159/1727-3781/2024/v27i0a15131
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10566/19819
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherNorth-West Unversity
dc.subjectAssisted reproductive technologies
dc.subjectdisclosure
dc.subjectdonor-conceived child
dc.subjectembryo donation
dc.subjectgamete donor
dc.titleA child's right to identity in the context of embryo donation: part 1
dc.typeArticle

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