@ butterflywings16 But they donated their sperm/egg for people who can't conceive children naturally. Once they've donated it, it's no longer theirs to stake a claim over. It's why I don't believe that they should be able to get to know the child unless the child wanted to get to know them when they hit eighteen.
It wouldn't be much more confusing than having divorced parents with joint custody or visitation rights though. And some of those can get very confusing XD
@ Rayus The fact that it'd complicate things. A child has one set of parents is what happens now, and those parents are the ones who raise the child despite having a donated sperm/egg that helped conceive the child. Bringing the biological parents into the equation could quite possibly make the child confused as to who's their actual parents, the ones who raised them or the ones who they are biologically related to. The anonymity until the child is 18 is the better way because then they're an adult and understand that the ones who raised them are their parents and the ones they are biologically related to aren't.
But they donated their sperm/egg for people who can't conceive children naturally. Once they've donated it, it's no longer theirs to stake a claim over. It's why I don't believe that they should be able to get to know the child unless the child wanted to get to know them when they hit eighteen.