Should you tell your child if they were conceived through sperm donation?

Should women opt for anonymous, or non-anonymous sperm donors? And should they tell their child how they were conceived? For most it’s an agonising decision, writes Helen O’Callaghan.

MY daughter might find out in science class. This is why one Irish mother decided to tell her child she’d been conceived through sperm donation.

To tell or not to tell their child how they were conceived — perhaps the most fundamental decision for the scores of Irish wannabe parents who each year browse the website of Cryos International, the world’s largest sperm bank based in Denmark.