Ovum donation affords countless couples that under natural circumstances would not be able to produce offspring the ability to carry out natural pregnancies. With advancements in biotechnology including egg collection and in vitro fertilization (IVF), physicians can now successfully implant fertilized embryos. Due to Israel's tremendous involvement in IVF for its own citizens, the national laws that govern egg donation are of great importance. On September 5th 2010, the Israeli Parliament (Knesset) passed a law that allows young women between the ages of 21 and 35 to donate their eggs for paid financial compensation. The new law allows infertile women between the ages of 18 and 54 to request egg donation and IVF, which will partially be covered under state insurance plans. This article provides a description of the new Israeli law regulating ovum donation and the practical, moral and ethical debate surrounding the new system.
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Fertil Steril
January 2025
Department of Health Behavior and Biological Sciences, School of Nursing, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan.
Objective: To expand knowledge on physical outcomes and psychosocial experiences of oocyte donors after donation across 3 age cohorts.
Design: Cross-sectional mixed-methods survey.
Patients: A total of 363 participants (ages: 22-71 years, M = 38.
J Assist Reprod Genet
January 2025
Brussels IVF, Centre for Reproductive Medicine, Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel, Brussels, Belgium.
Purpose: This survey aimed to assess the public's knowledge and opinions on oocyte donation (OD) among a large, unselected cohort of young Belgian women, and to explore aspects that could be enhanced to promote future OD programs.
Methods: We conducted a quantitative, epidemiological, cross-sectional web-based survey from February 2023 to April 2023. A private questionnaire was distributed to young women (21-30 years) living in Belgium via a digital link.
Gynecol Obstet Fertil Senol
December 2024
Service d'endocrinologie, hôpital l'Archet, CHU de Nice, 151, route de Saint-Antoine de Ginestière, 06 200 Nice, France. Electronic address:
Objectives: The Bioethics Law of August 2nd, 2021 established access to origins for people conceived by gamete donation. Two years after the implementation of this disposition, what is the proportion of former gamete donors informed about access to origins, and what is their position on this matter? What could be the potential repercussions of this new law on them?
Methods: Retrospective single-center cohort study using questionnaires.
Results: When former gamete donors were asked about access to origins, only 53% of oocytes donors and 71% of sperm donors were aware of this measure.
J Assist Reprod Genet
December 2024
Departament of Reproductive Medicine, Instituto Bernabeu, Alicante, Spain.
Purpose: To compare the efficacy of modified natural cycle (mNC) preparation versus hormone replacement therapy (HRT) for endometrial preparation in recipients of donated oocytes, specifically focusing on pregnancy rates in women of advanced maternal age.
Methods: Retrospective multicenter analysis conducted between 2021 and 2024. It includes 220 cycles of fresh single blastocyst transfers resulting from oocyte donation.
Med Anthropol
November 2024
Centre on Migration, Policy and Society (COMPAS), University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
In this article I explore the dual impact of framing egg donation and surrogacy as work in Ukraine's fertility market. Egg donors, surrogates, and ART professionals use the labor narrative to legitimize these practices, albeit with differing aims. Women emphasize their economic role as worker-mothers, demanding fair treatment and recognition, while clinics employ the framework to market surrogates and donors and hold them accountable for outcomes.
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