Donation authorization by continents

In Europe, sperm donation is prohibitted only in Italy. The oocyte donation, is banned in Germany, Norway, Switzerland, Italy and Austria as well as the embryo one which Sweden is added.

The status of the donor is quite variable because in seven countries, he must be anonymous and in eight other, he is not. In Belgium, you have the choice : the donor can chose to be anonymous or not.

The paid donation is allowed only in the United Kingdom, Denmark, Norway, Spain and Russia. In Portugal, no law régulates this subject.

39% of French women who cross borders to have recourse to MAP live in couple with another women. Their destination is in 85% of cases Belgium. Other countries that are popular for sperm donation in the case of women couples or single women are Spain, the Netherlands, Denmark and Norway. In the case of oocyte donation for heterosexual couples whose women has more than 43 years old, the destination the most popular is Spain. Greece, Romania and Croatia are also quite popular.

In Asia, only Japan forbids sperm, oocytes and embryos donations but China prohibits also this last one.

Regarding the donor, in China, he must be anonymous unlike in Australia. In the three remaining countries, either no law exists about this subject or we don't have any information about it.

Finally, the paid donation is authorized in none of the three countries studied.

Sperm, oocyte and embryo donations are allowed in the four countries studied here. That is to say: Canada, the United States, Brasil and Argentina.

Concerning the status of the donor, a law exist only in Argentina: The donor mustn't be anonyous.

On the contrary, the remuneration for donation is prohibited in these four countries exept in the United States where no law supervises this point.

Some countries allow the sperm insemination or transfer of froze embryos after the spouse's death (post-mortem procreation) provided the man agreed during his life. Countries authorizing it are the United-States, Argentina, Australia, Spain, the Netherlands, Belgium, the United Kingdom and Lithuania. In Brasil, Greece and Israel, post-mortem procreation is allowed but justice has to give its agreement.