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FRIDAY, JULY 29, 1988

COMMITTEE CONSIDERS ISSUE OF ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION BY DONOR

THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS OF

ON

ASSISTED SCIENTIFICALLY REPRODUCTION CONSIDERED THE ISSUE OF ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION BY (AID) AT THE COMMITTEE'S FIFTH MEETING HELD TODAY (FRIDAY).

HUMAN DONOR

OF

THE MA

ON THE ISSUE "IN ORDER TO HAVE AN IN-DEPTH UNDERSTANDING AID, MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE HAD MADE A FAMILIARISATION VISIT TO FAMILY PLANNING ASSOCIATION'S AID SERVICE CENTRE AND SEMEN BANK AT TAU CHUNG ON JULY 8," THE COMMITTEE'S CHAIRMAN, DR C.H. LEONG, SAID.

PSYCHOLOGICAL AND LEGAL HAVING CONSIDERED THE SOCIAL, MORAL,

SINCE AID HAD FACTORS, MEMBERS GENERALLY AGREED AT THE MEETING THAT

DECADE, IS ARRANGED ON BEEN PRACTISED IN HONG KONG FOR OVER A

ACCEPTED AGREEMENT OF THE MARRIED COUPLE, AND SEEMED TO HAVE BEEN THE LOCAL POPULATION, IT SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO CONTINUE.

THE

BY

BORN BY AID

THE COMMITTEE, HOWEVER, CONSIDERED THAT CHILDREN SHOULD BE PROTECTED BECAUSE UNDER EXISTING LAW, THESE CHILDREN MAY TECHNICALLY ILLEGITIMATE AND THE PARENTS ARE ADVISED TO GO PROCESS OF ADOPTING THEM AFTER BIRTH.

CURRENT

BE

THROUGH A

SITUATION

LINES OF

MEMBERS CONSIDERED THAT THE UNSATISFACTORY AND SOME LEGISLATIVE MEASURES ALONG THE FAMILY LAW REFORM ACT 1987, WHICH PROVIDED THAT A CHILD BY BE TREATED IN LAW AS THE CHILD OF THE PARENT, SHOULD BE INTRODUCED.

IS

THE

AID SHALL

THAT CONFIDENTIALITY

ON CONFIDENTIALITY, THE COMMITTEE AGREED ON DONORS SHOULD BE MAINTAINED. AS FAR AS THE AID CHILD IS CONCERNED, CAPACITY, THE CHILD, MEMBERS CONSIDERED THAT ON REACHING THE AGE OF IF HE HAS COME TO THE KNOWLEDGE THAT HE HAS BEEN CONCEIVED BY AID WISHES TO KNOW, HE SHOULD HAVE THE RIGHT OF VERIFICATION.

AND

RECEIVED BY

MEMBERS ALSO CONSIDERED THE COMMENTS AND OPINIONS

THEIR DIALOGUES WITH THE COMMITTEE IN MONITORING MEDIA REACTIONS OR CONCERNED GROUPS SINCE THE LAST MEETING.

"THE COMMITTEE CONTINUES TO WELCOME VIEWS FROM

ON

SURROGACY, THEIR PRELIMINARY

RECOMMENDATIONS

THE PUBLIC ON ARTIFICIAL

"

INSEMINATION BY DONOR, DR LEONG SAID.

"ANY COMMENTS AND OPINIONS

CAN BE

ΤΟ SENT

US

THROUGH THE ROAD.

HEALTH AND WELFARE BRANCH, GOVERNMENT SECRETARIAT, LOWER ALBERT

FI

HONG KONG, HE SAID.

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