[HIGHLIGHTS] “We barely took the names of the donors”: the anarchic management of LDCs in the 80s and 90s

In France, the first bioethics law dates from 1994. It regulates sperm donation for the first time in France, which becomes free and anonymous.

Before 1982 and the first IVF (in vitro fertilization), they carried it out by insemination. “It was legal, but not organized. In short, DIY,” says Joëlle Belaisch Allart, gynecologist in Hauts-de-Seine. ‘At the time, we barely took the person's name. In the toilets, it was fresh sperm. The donor arrived, the donation was immediate,’ says Bérengère Ducrocq, head of Cecos at Lille University Hospital (North) The law was passed by the French parliament on November 14, 2013. It is the first of its kind in the world of medical procreations in France. The law will be reviewed by the European Court of Human Rights in May 2014, and could lead to a ban on sperm donation in the future.