 Indeed, that this is the case can be seen clearly in the negative media reaction and public outrage directed towards a deaf couple who, after deliberately conceiving a deaf child in the early 2000s via the use of a 5th generation deaf sperm donor, were vilified by the tabloid media and condemned by the US National Association of the Deaf. (For interesting and insightful commentaries on this case see Savulescu 2002; Spriggs 2002; Fahmy 2011.) It can also be seen in the fact that many countries require that clinics screen out potential donors for heritable diseases prior to their inclusion on the donor register. A notable example of this is the UK’s Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act which, since 2008, has included a clause prohibiting the selection of gamete donors and embryos