The register would help prevent the same donors being used for too many families.Lyssna: Support for Sweden's proposed national sperm and egg donor registerThe National Board of Health and Welfare's proposed national register on sperm and egg donors has won a lot of support during its consultation round.The register's aim is to prevent the same donor being used for many different families. One woman Swedish Radio News has spoken with hopes that it prevents others going through what she experienced, when she found out she actually had far more half-siblings that what she'd initially been told.Hanna Malmodin
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