Comparative survey of French oocyte donor's profile and motivations between nulliparous and multiparous donors, 2017-2018

• Published in: Gynécologie, obstétrique, fertilité & sénologie Vol. 48; no. 10; pp. 736 - 745
• Main Authors: Kretz, M, Ohl, J, Letur, H, Guivarch, A, Catteau-Jonard, S, De Mouzon, J
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: French
• Published: France 01.10.2020
• Subjects: Autoconservation; Fertility preservation; Donors; Ovocytes; France; Donneuses; Oocytes
• ISSN: 2468-7189
• DOI: 10.1016/j.gofs.2020.04.004

Since the authorization of French nulliparous women to donate oocytes, who are the new donors? What are the similar and differential points with the initial donors who have already procreated? Retrospective multicenter cohort study using a questionnaire. The return rate is 90.7% with 248 donor files from 5 French assisted reproductive technology (ART) centers, included between 1 January 2017 and 31 December 2018. The average age is 31,0 years. More than two thirds of women have a higher educational level than the license. Donation is spontaneous or relational in 69% and 25% of cases, respectively. Among nulliparous donors, 37% don't know the possibility of self-preservation but after information, 80% wish to benefit from it versus 32% of multiparous women if they were given the opportunity. This study by the Study Group for Egg Donation (GEDO) highlights the particularities of French oocytes donors. The 2015 decree allowed to diversify the origin of the donation, which remains mainly altruistic but the possibility of self-preservation for nulliparous donors also seems to motivate women. This link between donation and self-preservation poses an ethical problem that needs to be approached and resolved in the next Bioethics Law framing Assisted Reproductive Technologies (ART).