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The Process Of Embryo Donation And Challenges

By Nora Jennings


Donation of an embryo can be described as the giving of embryos by donors to recipients after in vitro fertilization of the former. This is then accompanied by the transfer of the embryos into the uterus of the recipient for a normal pregnancy to take place. The child born belongs to the recipient and not the donor. Embryo donation is not captured by any law and therefore there are no major legal requirements in this process. However, most state governments are considering coming up with specific laws which will put some control in this process.

The two parties are at liberty to carry out the donation and transfer process openly or anonymously. In an open basis, the two parties, donor and the recipient, exchange information and may even forge a relationship with each other. In the anonymous basis, there is no contact between the two parties hence they remain unknown to each other. In most cases, the parties are provided with the most basic information about the other party and information such as names and their residence is concealed for purpose of privacy.

Whether this process should be referred to as adoption or donation has been a very contentious issue. However, regardless of the wording, the words can be used more often than not interchangeably since they generally denote the activity of donating an embryo and transferring it to the recipient. The bone of contention has been which one should be used to mean a relationship where the identities of the parties are known to each other and where they are not.

The number of those patients who want to donate their embryos varies significantly. Some prefer to preserve theirs for future use; others would offer such donations if they are used for only research purposes while a small number would donate to needy couples. Specialists such as Dr. Jeffrey say that these statistics are because most people are not decided on whether to donate or not.

Donor screening is normally done in countries like the US so as to detect infectious diseases. In case screening is not done, then the recipient is informed before transfer is done so as to be aware of the risk that is associated with such a transfer.

This science has provided a breakthrough for many couples. Before this, adoption was the only result. Now infertile women have an opportunity to experience pregnancy and birth. Also one needs not go through the legal procedures that are required during an adoption process. This science has been boosted by governments like the united states of America through provision of financial support for example a budgetary allocation of one million US dollars to support egg donation program mes during the George Bush administration.

Procedures followed in embryo adoption process are no legal and are based on the willingness of the parties.

The institutions offering this service have recorded a significant in the number of people who have successfully undergone the embryo transfer.This is a clear indication that this latest development in science is overwhelmingly being embraced by people in society especially those with fertility problems.




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