Brits head to Spain for anonymous egg donation
Filed under: IVF — Alan @ 8:02 pm
Fertility treatment waiting lists that utilize egg donations have increased in the UK since laws were changed that prohibit women from donating eggs on an anonymous basis.
Research shows that the shortage in egg donation is now the major reason that couples choose to head abroad for fertility treatment with almost half of all of those who do so from Britain heading to Spain for treatment, where anonymous egg donation is allowed. Spain also compensates those who donate generously.
The study performed by the Economic and Social Research Council found that women left Britain for the IVF treatment in order to search for donor eggs after dealing with long waits within the UK for the same procedure.
De Montfort University found that the actual costs of fertility treatment were not a significant factor influencing peoples’ decision on where to seek fertility treatment.
Researchers found that in a study of women, most of whom were living with a partner or married, discovered that infertile women are not heading abroad simply because of age limits, due to the fact that most of the women in the study were only aged 38 and already had undergone treatment in the UK.
In fact, most of the people went to the UK due to fact that Spain has policies in place that pay women around 100 Euros in order to donate their eggs, without giving up their anonymity, allowing for more eggs to be available for women seeking fertility.
Next in line for organ donation is the Czech Republic which offers money in exchange for donation as well as anonymity for those who choose to donate.
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