To report preferences of recipient couples for genetic testing of their oocyte donors.
Recipient couples were grouped by quartiles of male age, and cumulative live birth rates were the same in the 4 groups.
During the period 2005 2008 consecutive samples of recipient couples starting donation treatment were approached regarding participation.
The present study contributes data on a relatively large sample of oocyte and sperm recipient couples' intended compliance with the Swedish legislation.
Other countries (e.g. Sweden, Finland and the UK) only allow identity-release donation, which means the recipient couples must consider the potential future role of the donor, whom their offspring may contact at some later point.
In previous studies of heterosexual oocyte and sperm recipient couples, the initial information-sharing with the child was more often carried out by mothers than by fathers (Jadva et al., 2009; Blake et al., 2010; Mahlstedt et al., 2010).
Demographic data collected included age, highest stage of education, civil state, number of children, type of donation (anonymous/known to the recipient couples), and number of donations/treatments. Ambivalence was measured with a modified Swedish version of an adapted Donor Ambivalence Scale for oocyte donors by Klock et al.
If the donor proceeds in the medical examinations, in step 4, the two evaluators meet together with the donor-recipient-couple and examine the dynamics of their relationship and their expectations concerning the transplantation.
Over the years, emphasis changed from protecting the recipient (heterosexual) couple and the man's masculinity to constructing as a moral question the donor-conceived person's right to knowledge of his or her genealogy (Turkmendag, 2012).
