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Hum. Reprod. Advance Access originally published online on June 1, 2006
Human Reproduction 2006 21(10):2482-2485; doi:10.1093/humrep/del204
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© The Author 2006. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology. All rights reserved. For Permissions, please email: journals.permissions@oxfordjournals.org

OPINION

Semen donor recruitment in an oocyte donation programme

Anna Pia Ferraretti1,3, Guido Pennings2, Luca Gianaroli1 and Maria Cristina Magli1

1 S.I.S.Me.R. Reproductive Medicine Unit, Bologna, Italy 2 Department of Philosophy, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium

3 To whom correspondence should be addressed at: S.I.S.Me.R., Reproductive Medicine Unit, Via Mazzini 12, 40138 Bologna, Italy. E-mail: annapia.ferraretti{at}sismer.it

The article presents a new system for the recruitment of gamete donors. The system is a partial application of the mirror exchange system: the male partner of a couple donates sperm, and in return, he receives the guarantee that his partner benefits from a greatly reduced waiting time for donor oocytes. More specifically, the woman will obtain donor oocytes within a period of 8 months. The procedure was very successful in recruiting sperm donors while avoiding the ethical objections raised against other incentives to attract donors. The data indicate that the system would also work to encourage IVF patients to share their oocytes.

Key words: oocyte sharing/ethics/gamete donation/mirror donation/reciprocity


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