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09:24 GMT 10:24 UK Should sperm donors be anonymous? The public
is in favour of giving the children of sperm donors more
information about their biological parents, according to a
survey.  More than three-quarters of people questioned in the
poll thought children born using donated sperm or eggs should
have a right to know their genetic history at 18.  The poll,
commissioned by the Children's Society, found almost two thirds
felt donor children should have the same rights to know their
biological parents as adopted children.  It comes as the
government considers whether to change the 1990 Human
Fertilisation and Embryology Authority Act.  Do you feel that
children conceived through the use of donated sperm have a right
to the same information as those conceived natural