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Third-Party Reproduction
The phrase “third-party reproduction” refers to the use of eggs, sperm, or embryos that have been donated by a third person (donor) to enable an infertile individual or couple (intended recipient) to become parents.
Latest News and Research
- Better obstetric and neonatal outcomes result when gestational carriers come from agencies that follow ASRM guidelines
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SART Fertility Experts - Donor Eggs: Fresh or frozen?
From: Legally Speaking
- ASRM Asks State Department for an International Travel Exemption for Newborns Born via Gestational Carriers During COVID-19 Pandemic
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A Medical Practitioner's Guide to the Child Parent Security Act
From: Legally Speaking
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The Impact of a Pandemic on International Surrogacy: An Interview with ART Attorneys Margaret Swain and Nidhi Desai
From: Legally Speaking
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SART Fertility Experts - Gestational Carriers
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
- Gestational Carrier vs. Surrogate
- Portadora gestacional sustituta (Gestational carriers)
- Gestational carrier 妊娠载体（代孕人或代理孕母
- Donación de óvulos (Egg donation)
- Prevención de conflictos en la reproducción con donante (Avoiding conflict in third-party reproduction)
- Cuidado reproductivo fronterizo (Cross-border reproductive care)
- Donación de embriones (Embryo donation)
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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
- Third-party reproduction 第三方生殖
- 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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Assisted Reproductive Technologies (booklet)
From: Legally Speaking
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Avoiding Conflict in Third-party Reproduction
From: Legally Speaking
- Tecnología de reproducción asistida (Assisted reproductive technology booklet)
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What Is A Gestational Carrier & Who Needs One?
From: Legally Speaking
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Donor Eggs Fresh Or Frozen?
From: Legally Speaking
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What Do I Need to Know About Zika Virus and Trying to Have a Baby?
From: Legally Speaking
Publications
- Ethics Webinar: Cross-Border Reproductive Care: Current Trends and Continuing Dilemmas
- Ethics Webinar: Dilemmas in Third-Party Reproduction: Perspectives in Medicine, Law and Ethics
- Consideration of the gestational carrier: an Ethics Committee opinion (2018)
- Defining embryo donation: an Ethics Committee opinion (2016)
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Micro-presentation: Interests, Obligations, and Rights in Gamete and Embryo Donation
From: Legally Speaking
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Micro-presentation: Consideration of the gestational carrier
From: Legally Speaking
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Micro-presentation: Misconduct in third party assisted reproduction
From: Legally Speaking
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Micro-video: Understanding the SART Clinic Report
From: Legally Speaking
- 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)
- Disclosure of medical errors involving gametes and embryos: an Ethics Committee opinion (2016)
- 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)
- Recommendations for practices utilizing gestational carriers: a committee opinion (2017)
- Recommendations for reducing the risk of viral transmission during fertility treatment with the use of autologous gametes: a committee opinion (2020)
- Position statement on West Nile virus: a committee opinion (2018)