# Embryo Donation

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- Category: ivf-fertility

## Description

Embryo donation is one disposition option for users of in vitro fertilisation with remaining fresh or frozen embryos. It is defined as the giving—generally without compensation—of embryos remaining after in vitro fertilization procedures to recipients for procreative implantation or research.

## Overview

Embryo donation is one disposition option for users of in vitro fertilisation with remaining fresh or frozen embryos. It is defined as the giving—generally without compensation—of embryos remaining after in vitro fertilization procedures to recipients for procreative implantation or research. Most IVF users with supernumerary embryos make embryo donation decisions after completing their families or discontinuing use of in vitro fertilization. Recipients of embryos donated for procreative implantation typically plan to transfer fresh or frozen embryos into a prepared uterus in order to facilitate pregnancy and childbirth. Recipients of embryos donated for research typically use them for clinical training, quality improvement research, or human embryonic stem cell research.

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## FAQs

### What is embryo donation?

It is one disposition option for people who have used in-vitro fertilisation and have fresh or frozen embryos remaining. It involves giving those left-over embryos to recipients, either for procreative implantation or for research.

### Are donors paid for their embryos?

Embryo donation is generally carried out without compensation.

### When do people decide to donate their embryos?

Most IVF users who have surplus, or supernumerary, embryos make embryo-donation decisions after they have completed their families or discontinued their use of in-vitro fertilisation.

### What happens to embryos donated to help build a family?

Recipients of embryos donated for procreative implantation typically plan to have the fresh or frozen embryos transferred into a prepared uterus, in order to facilitate pregnancy and childbirth.

### Can donated embryos be used for research?

Yes. Recipients of embryos donated for research typically use them for clinical training, quality-improvement research, or human embryonic stem-cell research.