Section 30.6 Egg Donation, Sperm Donation, and Embryo Donation

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D. (§30.6) Egg Donation, Sperm Donation, and Embryo Donation

Egg donation occurs when an intended parent or parents obtain a viable egg from a donor for the purpose of having a child. Egg donation, by its nature, must involve IVF, but it does not have to involve surrogacy. If the intended mother can carry a child, but does not have viable eggs, she can have the donor egg fertilized with the intended father’s sperm, through IVF, and implanted in her own uterus. In this scenario, if a child is born, the...

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