Legalities and requirements
There are legal implications that need to be understood for anyone donating or receiving donated gametes or embryos. Therefore, carefully read the information presented in this section.
Eeve Donor Bank encourages all individuals and couples to seek independent legal advice before attending the donor program.
Legalities and requirements for donors, recipients and children born from donor gametes
Legal considerations
Eeve Donor Bank encourages all individuals/ couples to seek independent legal advice before attending the donor program.
Donor:
A donor-conceived person is entitled to know who their genetic parents are, should they want this information, once they turn the age of 18. Therefore, donors must consent to their identifying information being held by Eeve Donor Bank and the Victorian and New South Wales Central Registers. The information includes all medical and family history, identifying information about the gamete donor and the number and gender of persons conceived using the gametes provided by the same gamete donor. In the event of being contacted by a person born from donated gametes, Eeve Donor Bank will make reasonable effort to notify the gamete donor prior to the release of information.
Gamete and embryo donors are free to withdraw or vary their consent for donation as indicated in the relevant state legislation or regulations. Donors are entitled to some information about the offspring born. On request, Eeve Donor Bank can provide non-identifying information about the gamete recipient, including number, age and gender of persons born.
Donors are obliged to inform Eeve Donor Bank with changes of address, phone numbers and domiciliary status of writing.
The person conceived using donor gametes, and the donor of gametes, need to be protected from the consequences of having many siblings and offspring, respectively. Under the legislation, a donor is able to donate to 10 women in Victoria, 5 in New South Wales (this includes the donor and any current or former partner of the donor), and 5 in Western Australia world wide excluding the donor. In Queensland, there is no legislated limit for donations however, City Fertility has set a maximum of 10 as its policy position. This means that up to 10 or 5 women can have children, who are genetic siblings as a result of your donation. Please note there may be more than one child per family.
Recipient:
Donor recipients are entitled to some information about the gamete donor. Upon request, City Fertility can provide details of a donor’s medical history, family history and genetic test results that are relevant to the future health of the person born and the recipient of the donation, details of the physical characteristics of the gamete donor, and the number, age and gender of persons already born from the gametes provided by the same gamete donor and the number of families involved.
Child:
Persons born from donated gametes are entitled to know the details of their genetic origins. Therefore, donors must consent to the release of identifying details at City Fertility.
NHMRC ETHICAL GUIDELINES ON THE USE OF ART IN CLINICAL PRACTICE AND RESEARCH 2017:
Medical history, family history and any existing genetic test results that are relevant to the future health of the person who would be born (or any subsequent offspring of that person) or the recipient of the donation.
Details of the physical characteristics of the gamete donor.
The number, age and gender of the persons already born from the gametes provided by the same gamete donor and the number of families involved.
Identifying information about the gamete donor.
Any identifying information that any person born from the gametes of the same donor has consented to be released.
If the person has not yet reached the age of 18, sufficient maturity must be assessed by a suitably qualified professional prior to releasing the information. For further information about Central Registers in Victoria please refer to www.varta.com.au, in New South Wales please refer to www.health.nsw.gov.au, and in Western Australia please refer to https://www.rtc.org.au/.
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Things to consider
- Egg availability is subject to demand. Number of eggs available from an individual donor cycle, number of reservations for a particular donor and donor withdrawal from the program can all effect donor egg availability.
- Overseas donors are unavailable in Victoria due to state regulations. If you are based in Victoria and are interested in reserving an overseas donor egg, please contact our friendly staff to know what your options are.
- Patients who are not local to our QLD, NSW, or WA clinics but wanting to access donor eggs in these locations, please contact us for more information on what your options are.
- Embryos created with Eeve Donor Bank that need to be exported to another facility will incur a service charge.
- Repeat patients may re-order the same donor at any time, pending availability.
- Local donated eggs. Eeve operates an active Egg Donor Program with Egg Donors Australia and City Fertility, to provide individuals or couples who do not produce eggs, or cannot use the eggs they produce, with the opportunity to build a family. Egg Donors Australia recruits local Australian egg donors aged between 18-32 years of age. Donors are altruistic, counselled, screened for medical and genetic conditions and comply with Australian Federal and State legislation. To read more things you should consider when choosing a donor from Egg Donors Australia, click here.
- Overseas donated eggs from The World Egg and Sperm Bank. Eeve has a partnership with The World Egg and Sperm Bank (TWESB) to provide fresh and frozen eggs for recipients. TWESB donors on Eeve are 18-32 years of age, altruistic, counselled, fully screened and compliant with relevant Australian Federal and State legislation. To read more about things to consider when choosing a donor from The World Egg and Sperm Bank, click here.
- Overseas donated eggs from Genesis International. Eeve has partnered with Genesis International Egg and Sperm Centre, a specialist in providing donor eggs with Asian ancestry, to provide fresh* eggs for recipients. Genesis International donors on Eeve are 18-32 years of age, altruistic, counselled, fully screened and compliant with relevant Australian Federal and State legislation, To read more about things to consider when choosing a donor from Genesis International, click here. *Eggs can be frozen and transported to Australia.
- Overseas donated eggs from Manor Medical. EEVE has partnered with Manor Medical to provide Ukraine and Georgian Frozen donor eggs for recipients. Manor Medical’s donors on EEVE are 18-32 years of age, altruistic, counselled, fully screened and compliant with relevant Australian Federal and State legislation. To read more about things to consider when choosing a donor from Manor Medical, click here.