Interests, obligations, and rights in gamete and embryo donation: an Ethics Committee opinion

Ethics Committee of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine

doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2019.01.018

Fertility and sterility, 2019

Interests, obligations, and rights in gamete and embryo donation: an Ethics Committee opinion

Ethics Committee of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine

Committee members: Judith Daar, Lee Collins, Joseph Davis , Leslie Francis, Elena Gates, Elizabeth Ginsburg, Susan Gitlin, Sigal Klipstein, Laurence McCullough, Richard Paulson, Richard Reindollar, Ginny Ryan, Mark Sauer, Sean Tipton, Lynn Westphal, Julianne Zweifel

DOI 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2019.01.018 PMID 30871766

Abstract

This Ethics Committee report outlines the interests, obligations, and rights of all parties involved in gamete and embryo donation: both males and females who choose to provide gametes or embryos for use by others, recipients of donated gametes and embryos, individuals born as a result of gamete or embryo donation, and the programs that provide donated gametes and embryos to patients. This document replaces the document "Interests, obligations, and rights of the donor in gamete donation," last published in 2014.

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Ethics and Policy: Reproductive Ethics ART Ethics
Clinical Guidelines and Standards: Guidelines by Issuing Body United States Professional Societies

Judith Daar, Lee Collins, Joseph Davis, Leslie Francis, Elena Gates, Elizabeth Ginsburg, Susan Gitlin, Sigal Klipstein, Laurence McCullough, Richard Paulson, Richard Reindollar, Ginny Ryan, Mark Sauer, Sean Tipton, Lynn Westphal, Julianne Zweifel, 0000-0003-0284-2845

J Daar, L Collins, Joe Davis, Joey Davis, J Davis, L Francis, E Gates, Liz Ginsburg, Beth Ginsburg, Betsy Ginsburg, E Ginsburg, Sue Gitlin, S Gitlin, S Klipstein, Larry McCullough, L McCullough, Rick Paulson, Dick Paulson, Rich Paulson, R Paulson, Rick Reindollar, Dick Reindollar, Rich Reindollar, R Reindollar, G Ryan, M Sauer, S Tipton, L Westphal, J Zweifel

PMID 30871766 30871766 DOI 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2019.01.018 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2019.01.018 Ethics Committee of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine et al. 2019, Ethics Committee of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine 2019

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Ethics Committee of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine (2019). Interests, obligations, and rights in gamete and embryo donation: an Ethics Committee opinion. Fertility and sterility. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fertnstert.2019.01.018

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