[robhunter]

We can probably do this forever :)

It's clear you've done a lot of secondary research. I am, too, very familiar with the situation in Canada and have done a lot of advocacy work here. I would suggest that the standards are not quite as rigorous or well defined as you might have been led to believe (I've spent time at several panels put on by Health Canada and engaged with many "experts" that have led me to that conclusion).

If you're seriously considering donating, I'd encourage you to engage with more human beings and do some primary research - recipient parents, offspring, and other donors - rather than just relying on your (certainly useful, but empathetic-aly limited) secondary research.

This is one of the more active communities of said types of people:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/DonorConceived/

[heh]

It certainly has been an interesting discussion :) and I in no way claim to be an expert, just a person who has been and is seriously considering this. From what research I've done and from the people I talked to, it seemed pretty rigorous, but that could be the marketing spiel.

I however do not use FB (or any of their other products, whatsapp, insta, etc) for privacy reasons. Are there any other forums etc you could recommend?

[robhunter]

Also, I did ask for feedback on your suggestion from the community - would be happy to share that with you (even an anonymous email address or something). Hearing from actual adults that could be similar to your hypothetical sperm-progeny might be interesting for you. I'm at [e-mail] if you want to get in contact anonymously.

[robhunter]

Here is one good resource: https://www.wearedonorconceived.com/