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The Center for Collaborative Reproduction was developed in response to a growing need from infertility patients, and is one of the first Centers of its kind in the country to provide single source support in the areas of donor sperm, donor eggs, and surrogacy.
Collaborative reproduction is often described as third-party reproduction. Both of these terms refer to the use of eggs, sperm, embryos (embryo donation), or a uterus (surrogacy) that are donated by a third person (donor) to enable an infertile person or couple (recipient) to become parents. Generally, this form of reproduction is only considered when there is essentially no hope of pregnancy without this technology. In special instances there may be medical indications for third-party reproduction.
Collaborative reproduction offers many patients an opportunity for having children that would not otherwise exist. As a result, there are many medical, legal and ethical issues involved with selecting this form of treatment. The goal of the Center for Collaborative Reproduction is to provide accurate and timely information to those interested in all forms of collaborative reproduction, including those potential patients not currently in treatment, patients currently in treatment, prospective donors and surrogates.
Often, there is confusion in both patients with infertility as well as the public at large regarding these advanced reproductive technologies. As a consequence, questions are often asked regarding selection and/or availability of donors and surrogates, costs, success rates, risks, legal issues, and, most of all, ethics. In addition, prospective donors and surrogates are often uncertain about risks and liabilities they will assume as well as the compensation they will receive. Furthermore, prospective parents often ask questions such as whom to share the circumstances of collaborative reproduction with and what the resulting child should be told. |
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