Intrafamilial gamete donation: Perspectives of donors

• Author(s): Tirsina, Alla ; Silva, Susana ; Freitas, Cláudia de ; Machado, Helena
• Date: 2025
• Persistent ID: https://hdl.handle.net/1822/98126
• Origin: RepositóriUM - Universidade do Minho
• Document Type: Other
• Language: English
• Contributor(s): Universidade do Minho

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[Excerpt] The gap between the supply of and demand for donated gametes is primarily due to challenges in recruiting donors amidst a rising number of recipients, as observed in Portugal (Da Silva , 2019). This imbalance leads to longer waiting lists, higher costs, and contributes to the transnational flow of gametes and the pursuit of cross-border reproductive care (Da Silva , 2019). To address this supply-demand gap, several strategies have been proposed, including increasing compensation for donors, implementing awareness campaigns, improving access to donation in public banks, and using gametes donated by family members of the recipients (Le Lannou, 2013). The preference for intrafamilial gamete donation is based on several factors: the existence of genetic, emotional and physical similarities between donor and recipient; the potential to reduce costs and waiting times for treatment; access to comprehensive medical, genetic, social, psychological and family information about the donor; and the belief that disclosure of the donor's identity to donor-conceived offspring may be more easily and positively accepted (Ethics Committee…, 2024; ESHRE… , 2011). [...]