2023-10-13 17:09:21
The Biomedicine Agency is calling for egg and sperm donation to meet the increase in demand since single women and couples of women can claim assistance with procreation.
Two little girls in their bath putting suds everywhere. Another who jumps on her parents’ bed. A toddler who ravages the family kitchen, and puts his cuddly toy in the pan. All under the gaze of their visibly exhausted parents… « Donate your gametes, you will make people happy »however, proclaim the posters of the new campaign of the Biomedicine Agency to encourage the donation of gametes, in order to cope with the influx of requests for medically assisted procreation (AMP).
It is through humor that the #Faitesdesparents campaign intends to reach « the two audiences most inclined to give » : young people aged 18 to 24 and those under 44 who have just had a child, explains the Biomedicine Agency. Reproductive assistance centers received 26,600 requests for first consultations from couples or women with a view to ART between 2021 and the end of March 2023, compared to “only” 2,000 requests in 2019… This dizzying increase is linked to the bioethics law of August 2, 2021, which opened medical assistance for procreation to female couples and single women. A law that « responded to a real societal need, there was an explosion in demandcommented at a press conference Marine Jeantet, director general of the Biomedicine Agency. At this point, we don’t know if this is a catch-up effect or if demand will stay at this level. » Fin mars 2023, nearly 6,200 people were waiting for ART with sperm donation, including 41% female couples, 40% single women and 19% heterosexual couples.
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The stock of 89,000 sperm straws available at the end of March 2023 will not be enough, because a large part will soon have to be destroyed: from the end of March 2025, only those from donors who have consented to access to their data will be able to be used. The stock of usable glitter, « estimated at 26 000 sperm straws at the end of March 2023, must increase rapidly in order to be able to meet the growing demands for AMP care »indicates the Biomedicine Agency.
The campaign, which started on Wednesday and will continue until the end of the year, will be particularly visible in cities that have a gamete donation center. Videos will be broadcast on social media, catch-up television services and in cinemas. Posters will also be distributed in the press, in medical practices and universities. Last year, 990 women and 764 men applied to donate eggs or sperm. Any healthy person aged 18 to 37 for women, and up to 44 for men, can donate their gametes, recalls the Biomedicine Agency. Who insists: « Donating gametes is not having a child. It’s making parents ».
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