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      <journal-id journal-id-type="nlm-ta">J Reprod Infert</journal-id>
      <journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">arij001</journal-id>
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        <journal-title>Journal of Reproduction &amp; Infertility</journal-title>
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      <issn pub-type="ppub">2228-5482</issn>
      <issn pub-type="epub">2251-676X</issn>
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        <publisher-name>Avicenna Research Institute</publisher-name>
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      <article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">jri140191</article-id>
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        <article-title>The Child&#39;s Right to Know Versus the Parents’ Right Not to Tell: The Attitudes of Couples Undergoing Fertility Treatments Towards Identity-Release Gamete Donation</article-title>
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        <contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Rocha</surname><given-names>Douglas</given-names></name></contrib><aff>Associa&#231;&#227;o Instituto Sapientiae-Centro de Estudos e Pesquisa em Reprodu&#231;&#227;o Assistida, S&#227;o Paulo, Brazil</aff></contrib-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Melamed</surname><given-names>Rose</given-names></name></contrib><aff>Associa&#231;&#227;o Instituto Sapientiae-Centro de Estudos e Pesquisa em Reprodu&#231;&#227;o Assistida, S&#227;o Paulo, Brazil</aff></contrib-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Braga</surname><given-names>Daniela</given-names></name></contrib><aff>Associa&#231;&#227;o Instituto Sapientiae-Centro de Estudos e Pesquisa em Reprodu&#231;&#227;o Assistida, S&#227;o Paulo, Brazil</aff></contrib-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Setti</surname><given-names>Amanada</given-names></name></contrib><aff>Associa&#231;&#227;o Instituto Sapientiae-Centro de Estudos e Pesquisa em Reprodu&#231;&#227;o Assistida, S&#227;o Paulo, Brazil</aff><aff>Fertility Medical Group, S&#227;o Paulo, Iran</aff></contrib-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Iaconelli</surname><given-names>Assumpto</given-names></name></contrib><aff>Associa&#231;&#227;o Instituto Sapientiae-Centro de Estudos e Pesquisa em Reprodu&#231;&#227;o Assistida, S&#227;o Paulo, Brazil</aff><aff>Fertility Medical Group, S&#227;o Paulo, Brazil</aff></contrib-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Borges</surname><given-names>Edson</given-names></name></contrib><aff>Associa&#231;&#227;o Instituto Sapientiae-Centro de Estudos e Pesquisa em Reprodu&#231;&#227;o Assistida, S&#227;o Paulo, Brazil</aff><aff>Fertility Medical Group, S&#227;o Paulo, Brazil</aff></contrib-group>
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      <volume>24</volume>
      <issue>3</issue>
      <fpage>198</fpage>
      <lpage>206</lpage>
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        <date date-type="received">
          <day>24</day>
          <month>1</month>
          <year>2023</year>
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        <date date-type="accepted">
          <day>3</day>
          <month>4</month>
          <year>2023</year>
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      &lt;p&gt;Background: In Brazil, donor anonymity is mandatory; however, the tendency of Brazilians towards the practice is unknown. In this study, an attempt was made to investigate whether couples undergoing assisted reproductive technology (ART) have a different perception of anonymous versus identity-release gamete donation than a target population in Brazil.&lt;br /&gt;
Methods: This cross-sectional study was performed from September 1, 2020 to December 15, 2020. For that purpose, surveys through online platforms were conducted, including either patients undergoing ART (ART-group, n=400) or subjects interested in the theme (interested-group, n=100) randomized by age at a 1:4 ratio. The survey collected information on the participants&amp;rsquo; attitudes towards anonymity of gamete donors, and answers were compared between the groups.&lt;br /&gt;
Results: Most participants stated that the relationship between children and their parents would be affected by the child&amp;#39;s knowledge of the origin of its conception. Most participants in the ART-group believed that the gamete donor&amp;rsquo;s identity should not be revealed to the child, while only half of the interested-group stated the same. Most of the participants stated that &amp;quot;the donor&amp;#39;s identity should be revealed if the child questions its biological origin&amp;quot;. &amp;quot;From birth&amp;quot; was the second most common response, while &amp;quot;when the child turns 18 years old&amp;quot; and &amp;quot;sometime during teenage years&amp;quot; were less common answers.&lt;br /&gt;
Conclusion: The attitudes of ART patients about anonymity are conservative, with most participants believing that family relationships may be affected if the child is aware of the origin of his/her conception. These patients also believe that the identity of the gamete donor should not be revealed to the child.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;

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