Background Despite considerable advances in reproductive technology, its application is like a double-edged sword, which is associated with numerous challenges. One of the most challenging issues for couples is disclosure of conception circumstances to the offspring. The purpose of this qualitative study was to explore the decisions of infertile couples undergoing assisted reproductive donation...

Background: Controversy surrounding disclosure among the recipients of assisted reproductive donation procedures is escalating worldwide, whereas little research has been conducted in this area .The purpose of this qualitative study was to explore the experiences of infertile women undergoing assisted reproductive donation procedures in relation to their decision for disclosure. Materials and M...

Background: Using assisted reproductive donation procedures increase hope in infertile couples. However large part of the world population do not recognize these procedures. One of the important steps in recognition of infertile couples’ problem, whose only therapeutic option is using assisted reproductive donation procedures, is investigating their Socio-cultural Beliefs about these procedures...

Assisted reproductive technology (ART), such as donor-assisted insemination (DI) relying on anonymous sperm donors, has been available since the 1940s, and it is assumed that tens of thousands of children throughout the world have been born through these procedures. Although anonymous DI has been occurring in Japan since the late 1940s, the use of egg donation has been a more recent development...

Background: Couples seeking assisted reproductive donation procedures are faced with complex challenges throughout their treatment which can have important psychological impacts on their life. Selecting a suitable donor is one of the hardest decisions they will ever make. This study was carried out to provide an in-depth description of the experiences of couples in relation to donor selection. ...

In 2004, the Italian Parliament enacted a law regulating medically assisted reproduction. Although the law recognizes as legal certain assisted reproduction techniques, several other procedures are implicitly or expressly banned: oocyte and sperm donation, using embryos for the scientific research purposes and reproductive cloning. In this article, I outline the new legal framework, pointing ou...

The International Committee for Monitoring Assisted Reproductive Technology's 7th World Report for the year 2000 analyzes wide variations in live and multiple birth rates from 49 countries and six regions by type of assisted reproductive technology, age, number of embryos transferred, and multiple births. More than 460,157 procedures resulted in delivery rate per aspiration for conventional in ...