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Treatment with donor eggs is an established treatment option for women with premature ovarian insufficiency as well as those who have had unsuccessful IVF treatments due to poor ovarian reserve or have repeated treatment failures; it is also used in cases where the woman is known to be a carrier of an inherited disorder. The treatment requires careful assessment of the donor; this includes counselling as well as medical assessment. Medical assessment is aimed at assessing the donor's fertility and excluding any inherited disorder. The potential donor is also screened for blood-borne viruses to avoid the risks of transmission to the recipient and the foetus. The recipient is also carefully assessed with emphasis placed on the welfare of any children born as a result of this treatment.
The legal position regarding legal parenthood is discussed with both the donor and recipient. In the UK, the woman who gives birth and her legal partner will be the legal parents. If the recipient is not married, her partner can be the legal partner if he or she consents to the treatment and signs the relevant documentation. The egg donor has no legal obligation or rights over any children born as a result of her donation. Treatment with donor eggs is highly successful; however, access to this treatment is limited by the shortage in donors, and the improvement in egg freezing techniques and establishment of egg banks may prove useful in the future.
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Savvas, M., Hamoda, H., Mittal, M. (2014). Treatment with Donor Eggs. In: Genazzani, A.R., Brincat, M. (eds) Frontiers in Gynecological Endocrinology. ISGE Series. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-03494-2_13
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