1. Presented by: Sheyla Carew Scientific & Political Change April 2010
Legal & Ethical aspects in Medically Assisted Reproduction USA & Europe
Presented by: Sheyla Carew
Scientific & Political Change
April 2010

3. Assisted Reproduction Techniques
USA
Europe
Access for single parents, homosexuals, and unmarried couples
Allowed
Restricted
Surrogacy
Sperm / Occyte donation
Freezing embryos
By request
Restricted by law
Remuneration
Ethical guidelines
Legal guidelines
Treatment cover by insurance
Mostly no
Mostly yes

4. European Restrictions
London: no more than $ for egg donation
Norway: Allows sperm donation, but no egg donation or surrogacy.
UK / France / Germany: Limit # of embryos to be transferred
Greece and Canada: No laws or guidelines
Sweden / Denmark: No treatment of single women
Embryo freeze: -Sweden: No -Denmark: 2 years
- UK: 10 years -Finland: Unlimited

6. Commodity? IVF Institute in Fairfax VA: “Raffling” human eggs?
Compensation according to SAT scores
IVF at “lower price” for oocyte sharing