--- title: Sperm donors need limits, says a European fertility group description: A European fertility organization, ESHRE, is calling for international limits on sperm and egg donations after donor-conceived people discovered they have... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/sperm-donors-need-limits-says-a-european-fertility-group-xq0aqepgy twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Sperm donors need limits, says a European fertility group | daily.dev og:description: A European fertility organization, ESHRE, is calling for international limits on sperm and egg donations after donor-conceived people discovered they have... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/sperm-donors-need-limits-says-a-european-fertility-group-xq0aqepgy og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/Xq0aqEpGy.png og:image:alt: Sperm donors need limits, says a European fertility group og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Sperm donors need limits, says a European fertility group **[MIT Technology Review](https://daily.dev/sources/technologyreview)** · 7 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A European fertility organization, ESHRE, is calling for international limits on sperm and egg donations after donor-conceived people discovered they have hundreds of genetic siblings. Currently, national limits vary widely and are difficult to enforce because donated gametes cross borders freely. ESHRE proposes starting with a Europe-wide cap of 50 families per donor, with a goal of reducing that to 15. The push is driven by concerns about psychological harm to donor-conceived people, risks of accidental consanguinity, and cases where donors with harmful genetic mutations fathered hundreds of children. Critics argue even 15 families may be too many, while enforcement and potential supply shortages remain significant challenges. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [What’s next for IVF](https://daily.dev/posts/what-s-next-for-ivf-sfzbwvfln) · MIT Technology Review · 2 upvotes · 0 comments - [Silicon Valley's "Pronatalists" Killed Remote Work. 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