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Egg Donation
Egg Donation. An egg from a fertile woman that is donated to an infertile woman to be used in an assisted reproductive technology procedure such as IVF. The woman receiving the egg will not be biologically related to the child but will be the birth mother on record. The process of fertilizing eggs from a donor and transferring the resulting embryos to the recipient’s uterus. The recipient will not be biologically related to the child, although she will be the birth mother on record.
Latest News and Research
- ASRM Announces Taskforce on the Interests of Donor Conceived People
- SART and ASRM Issue Advice for Infertility Patients Concerning the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19)
- FDA Message on Coronavirus
- ASRM Taskforce on the Needs and Interests of Donor Conceived People and their Families
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Canadian Class Action Lawsuit for Fertility Fraud Against MD Settled for $13.375m
From: Legally Speaking
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Update #1 Released to the ASRM Patient Management and Clinical Recommendations During The Coronavirus (COVID-19) Pandemic
From: Announcements
Patient Resources
- Gamete and embryo donation 配子（卵子和精子）与胚胎捐赠
- Egg donation 卵子捐赠
- What do I need to know about Turner syndrome and having children? 关于特纳氏综合征和孕育孩子的问题，我需要了解些什么?
- Donación de óvulos (Egg donation)
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Who Needs An Egg Donor? - a patient education micro-video
From: Legally Speaking
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Understanding the SART Clinic Report - a patient education micro-video
From: Legally Speaking
- Gamete and embryo donation deciding whether to tell 配子和胚胎捐赠：应否告知子女的决定
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Egg Donation
From: Legally Speaking
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Gamete and Embryo Donation: Deciding Whether To Tell
From: Legally Speaking
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Third-party Reproduction: Sperm, Egg, and Embryo Donation and Surrogacy
From: Legally Speaking
- Counseling issues to discuss with gay men and lesbians seeking ART 与寻求辅助生殖技术（ART）的同性恋者讨论的咨询问题
- Reproductive aging in women 女性的生殖衰老
- Donación de gametos y óvulos: decidir si o no contar (Gamete and embryo donation: Deciding whether to tell)
- Reproducción con donante (Third-party reproduction booklet)
- Temas de asesoramiento para personas homosexuales que buscan tecnologías de reproducción asistida (Counseling issues for gay men and lesbians undergoing ART)
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Avoiding Conflict in Third-party Reproduction
From: Legally Speaking
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Gamete (Eggs And Sperm) And Embryo Donation
From: Legally Speaking
- Donor Eggs Fresh Or Frozen?
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What Is A Gestational Carrier & Who Needs One?
From: Legally Speaking
- Delaware
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Does My Age Affect My Fertility?
From: Legally Speaking
Publications
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Micro-presentation: Interests, Obligations, and Rights in Gamete and Embryo Donation
From: Legally Speaking
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Micro-presentation: Misconduct in third party assisted reproduction
From: Legally Speaking
- Financial compensation of oocyte donors: an Ethics Committee opinion (2021)
- Updated terminology for gamete and embryo donors: directed (identified) to replace ‘‘known’’ and nonidentified to replace ‘‘anonymous’’: a committee opinion (2022)
- Informed consent and the use of gametes and embryos for research: an Ethics Committee opinion (2014)
- Informing offspring of their conception by gamete or embryo donation: an Ethics Committee opinion (2018)
- Interests obligations and rights in gamete and embryo donation: an Ethics Committee opinion (2019)
- Ethical issues in oocyte banking for nonautologous use: an Ethics Committee opinion (2021)
- Misconduct in third-party assisted reproduction: an Ethics Committee opinion (2018)
- Oocyte or embryo donation to women of advanced reproductive age: an Ethics Commitee opinion (2016)
- Using family members as gamete donors or gestational carriers (2017)
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Donor Anonymity: Past Promises, Evolving Technologies, and Current Realities
From: Legally Speaking
- Guidance regarding gamete and embryo donation (2021)
- Repetitive oocyte donation: a committee opinion (2020)
- Increased maternal cardiovascular mortality associated with pregnancy in women with Turner syndrome (2012)
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Micro-video: Reproductive Effects of Long-Term T Therapy in Transgender Men
From: Legally Speaking
Coding Corner
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Coding For Donor Egg Retrieval For Male Intended Parent
From: Legally Speaking
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Diagnosis Code For Same-Sex Egg Donation
From: Legally Speaking
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Claim Form for Donor Egg Retrieval
From: Legally Speaking
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Donor Egg Infectious Disease Lab Screening
From: Legally Speaking
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Donor Egg Lot Acquisition
From: Legally Speaking
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Donor Eggs-Physical Exam
From: Legally Speaking
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Donor Egg-Retrieval On Recipient's Claim
From: Legally Speaking
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Donor Screening
From: Legally Speaking
- Psychological Evaluation
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Donor Embryos
From: Legally Speaking
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Egg Culture and Fertilization: Same Gender
From: Legally Speaking
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IVF Case Rates
From: Legally Speaking