Over the years, the demand for ART with donated embryos has increased. Treatment can be
performed using donated 'surplus embryos' from IVF treatment or with embryos intentionally …

The use of a donated embryo in assisted conception was first reported by Trounson et al. in
1983, when a female patient was successfully treated using an embryo created from a donor …

Objective To identify main ethical and legal issues that arise with donation of embryos left
over from IVF treatments of infertility or created from separate gamete donations. Design …

This paper considers the ethical implications of gamete and embryo donation for both
donating and receiving families. It suggests that the key ethical issue for receiving families is …

The outcome of an embryo donation programme was evaluated and attitudes among donors
and recipients studied by means of a questionnaire survey. A total of 27 couples went …

STUDY QUESTION How do counsellors facilitating known 'open'embryo donation (ED)
experience their roles and responsibilities? SUMMARY ANSWER Counsellors regard …

Huele and colleagues started a debate on the comparison between embryo donation and
double donation. Although I largely agree with their final conclusion, I believe that the …

There are substantial numbers of frozen embryos in storage that will not be used by those
who produced them for their own fertility treatment. One option for such embryos is to donate …

The commercial creation and sale of embryos has begun, which poses a series of ethical
questions that have received little scholarly attention. Some of the concerns that arise are …

Building families through the adoption of children has been supported by human society
throughout history. The ethical appropriateness of patients donating embryos to other …