ASRM: Egg Donation, Surrogacy

Egg Donation and Surrogacy

This web page contains links to ASRM publications and materials on the general subjects of Egg Donation and Surrogacy. Some materials are archived in Adobe®Acrobat® PDF format. Please click here for downloading information.

Selected articles from Fertility and Sterility: IFFS Surveillance 07: a survey of the current status of assisted reproductive technology procedures around the world from Fertil Steril 2007;87:
(Supplement 1).
ASRM Patient Booklet: Third Party Reproduction (Sperm, egg and embryo donation and surrogacy) (PDF) (2006)
The Children's Bibliography (PDF) compiled by the Mental Health Professional Group has books on this topic suitable for helping explain reproductive medicine issues to children.
ASRM Ethics Committee Report: Informing offspring of their conception by gamete donation (PDF) Released March 2004

Egg Donation

ASRM Ethics Committee Report: Interests, obligations, and rights of the donor in gamete donation (January 2009)
ASRM Fact Sheet: Gamete Donation: Deciding Whether to Tell (PDF) (September 2008)
ASRM Bulletin: California Department of Public Health Posts Updated Information on Treating Research Egg Donors (June 2, 2008)
A list of Egg Donor Agencies (PDF) who have signed an agreement with SART that they do and will abide by the ASRM Ethics Committee guidelines governing payments to donors (ASRM Ethics Committee. “Financial compensation of oocyte donors” Fertil Steril 2007;88:305-9) is now available online. This information is self-reported and has not been verified by either ASRM or SART.
ASRM Practice Guideline: 2008 Guidelines for gamete and embryo donation published September 2008. Practice Committee Guidelines are accessible to ASRM members only.
ASRM Practice Guideline: American Society for Reproductive Medicine/Society for Assisted Reproductive Technology Position Statement on West Nile Virus published November 2006; reviewed June 2006. Practice Committee Guidelines are accessible to ASRM members only
ASRM Practice Guideline: Society for Assisted Reproductive Technology Position Statement On Donor Suitability of Recipients of Smallpox Vaccine (vaccinia virus) published November 2006; revised June 2006. Practice Committee Guidelines are accessible to ASRM members only.
ASRM Practice Guideline: Repetitive Oocyte Donation published November 2006; reviewed June 2006. Practice Committee Guidelines are accessible to ASRM members only
MHPG Book Review: Having Your Baby Through Egg Donation by Ellen Sarasohn Glazer and Evelina Weidman Sterling (Reviewed by Ellen Speyer, MFT)
FDA Announcement: FDA Issues Regulations on Human Cells, Tissues, and Cellular and Tissue-Based Products; Donor Screening and Testing, and Related Labeling- Testing Requirements are Modified for Egg Donors and Embryo Donors (June 2005)
FDA Announcement: Summary Of FDA Ruling: “Eligibility Determination For Donors Of Human Cells, Tissues, And Cellular And Tissue-Based Products” (May 2005)
Legally Speaking: California Court of Appeal Denies Parental Status to Egg Donor. (Summer 2004)
ASRM Ethics Committee Report: Family members as gamete donors and surrogates (PDF format) Released November 2003, Reviewed July 2006
MHPG Book Review: Sometimes It Takes Three to Make a Baby (Explaining egg donor conception to young children) by Kate Bourne, Published by Melbourne IVF (Reviewed by: Carole Lieber Wilkins, M.F.T.)
MHPG Book Review: Choosing to be Open about Donor Conception: The Experiences of Parents by Sharon Pettle and Jan Burns [can be ordered from the DC Network for ~$10] (Reviewed by: Jean Benward, L.C.S.W.)
ASRM Ethics Committee Report: Financial compensation of oocyte donors (PDF format) In Press July 2007
ASRM Ethics Committee Report: Informed Consent and the use of Gametes and Embryos for Research Released November 1997, Under Review 2006
ASRM Ethics Committee Report: The use of fetal oocytes in assisted reproduction Released May 1997, Reviewed June 2006

Egg Donation for Postmenopausal Women

ASRM Ethics Committee Report: Oocyte donation to postmenopausal women Released May 1997, Under Review 2006

Surrogacy

Legally Speaking: New Controversy Involves India's "First Surrogate Orphan" or "Stateless Baby"… (Fall 2008)
Legally Speaking: Indian Surrogacy Twins' Birth Certificates Create Visa Problems for Parents… (Summer 2008)
Legally Speaking: Rising Interest in International "Reproductive Outsourcing" Generates Legal and Ethical Concerns... (Spring 2008)
Legally Speaking: Two Court Reversals: Father Gains Custody and Donor Awarded Maternity Rights of Donor Egg/Surrogacy Triplets; Lower Court Ordered to Decide if Surrogate Breached Valid Contract and Damages (Spring 2008)
Legally Speaking: Traditional Surrogate Granted Full Custody of Child (Winter 2008)
Legally Speaking: Maryland Court Upholds Birth Order, Questions Baby Buying Restrictions (Summer 2007)
Legally Speaking: British Gestational Carrier Fights to Keep Twins (Spring 2007)
Legally Speaking: Carrier Ordered to Turn Triplets Over to Father and Return Payments (Summer 2006)
Legally Speaking: UPDATE: Gestational Carrier Wins Latest Maternity Ruling over Egg Donor (Fall 2005)
Legally Speaking: Trust Provisions Benefit Children Conceived through Gestational Carrier and Donor Egg Arrangement (Summer 2005)
Legally Speaking: Utah Legislation Approves Surrogacy Contracts, Streamlines Birth Certificates (Summer 2005)
Legally Speaking: UPDATE: Donor’s Maternity Rights Debated in Triplet Gestational Surrogacy Controversy (Summer 2005)
Legally Speaking: Non-Residents Entitled to Massachusetts Gestational Carrier Pre-Birth Order (Winter 2004-5)
Legally Speaking: Pennsylvania Trial Court Awards Custody of Triplets to Gestational Carrier. (Summer 2004)
Legally Speaking: Dueling Insurance Companies Dispute Coverage for Gestational Carrier and Child. (Winter 2003)
Legally Speaking: Federal Court Strikes Part of Utah’s Surrogacy Law. (Summer 2003)
Legally Speaking: Woman Escorted out of Kuwait by Canadian Embassy after Surrogate Procedure. (Fall 2002)
Legally Speaking: Connecticut Approves Pre-Birth Parentage Orders for Gestational Carrier Agreements, Rules Agreements Enforceable. (Spring 2002)

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