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Comparative Analysis on the Situation of Double Gamete and Embryo Donation in Romania and France
Nicoleta CRISTEA – BRUNEL, Helsinki, July 2016
Disclaimer
I declare that I have no commercial or financial interests pertaining to the subject of this presentation or its content.
ISL
GBRNDL
BEL
FRAITA
MLT
PRT
NORSWE
FIN
POL
CZESVK
UKR
ROUHRV
MNE
BGR
TURGRC
Allowed
Not allowed
No regulations
Double Gamete Donation
ESP
DEU
ISL
GBRNDL
BEL
FRAITA
MLT
PRT
NORSWE
FIN
POL
CZESVK
UKR
ROUHRV
MNE
BGR
TURGRC
Allowed
Not allowed
No regulations
Embryo Donation
ESP
DEU
Legal Regulations – France vs Romania
• Double gamete donation → not allowed
• Embryo donation → allowed
No legal regulations
Legal Regulations – France (I)
Three main legal principles for embryo donation:• Volunteering
• Free of charge
• Anonymity
Legal Regulations – France (II)
• 100% reimbursement, if If the woman is under 43
• Success Rate: 25% per embryo transfer (2009)
• Significant times of waiting (1 – 2 years or more)
Legal Regulations – Romania
• No ART law
• 6 attempts without success since 2004
• Neither double donation of gamete nor embryo
donation are regulated in Romania
• The persons / couples are guided by Romanian
doctors to look for solutions abroad
Testimonials
• 24 women: 16 women from Romania, and 8 from France
• 21 in a stable couple and 3 of them are single mothers
• Their children are between 2 months and 6 years old.
Results
One Procedure Two Procedures Three Procedures
14
9
1
Success after...
Donated Gametes Embryo Adoption
15
9
Procedure Type
Motivation
severe infertility in the case of both partners
13
egg reserve severely diminished and woman without a stable
partner 3
confirmed genetic issues3
just one of the partners had a certified severe infertility
5
The reason why they went to double gamete or embryo donation
Location for performing the procedure
Survey Results
At this moment in time, in your daily life, the fact that you do not have any
genetic connection to your child is:
not important at all
not very important
more or less important
quite important
very important
✔
All 24 interviewed mothers opted to tick ”not important at all”.
Acknowledgements
• Patients and doctors from France and Romania
• Fertility Europe colleagues
Thank you !