OOCYTE DONATION - ETHICAL ASPECTS LINKED TO THE DONOR

This paper analyses the reasons that brings couples to apprehend very differently the oocyte and sperm donation and highlights the difficult y of donor recruitment in those programs. The various types of donors (occasional, relational, IVF patient and professionnal) are described with their motivations, resistances, advantages and disavantages. The contradictory consequences between free or paid donation, the particul ar risks of eggs donation (in comparison to sperm donation) for the do nor as for the recipient are also highlighted. The problem of anonymit y is also analysed in ethical terms but also in terms of technical eff icacy : it is shown that anonymity, by authorizing sharing oocytes bet ween recipients increases treatment efficacy by avoiding wasting this rare and precious ressource of oocytes offered as a donation.