In Spain, the assisted reproduction law of 2006 not only guarantees, but requires the anonymity of the identity of the sperm donor, although born children have the right to obtain general information about donors that does not include their identity. This is so fundamentally to know data that may be relevant to the health of the children. The same right corresponds to the recipients of the gametes and pre-embryos.
Only exceptionally, in extraordinary circumstances that involve a certain danger to the life or health of the child or in the course of criminal proceedings, may the identity of the donor be revealed , provided that such disclosure is essential to avoid the danger or to achieve the end. proposed legal. Said disclosure will be restricted and will in no way imply publicity of the identity of the donor.
The law limits the number of children a sperm donor can conceive to six . Regarding family aspects, in no case will the registration in the Civil Registry reflect data from which it can be inferred that it is an assisted reproduction and the disclosure of the identity of the donor in the cases in which it is legally applicable does not imply a legal determination. of filiation. That is, the anonymous sperm donor is not the legal father of the children and therefore neither the donor nor the child have any rights derived from their donation , custody, visits or inheritance, nor will the donor have financial obligations, such as alimony.
