Arizona is Considering Tough New Laws Restricting Egg Donation

SB 1306 is going to outlaw donor egg compensation that is provided to those who donate eggs to infertile individuals who are attempting to have children via egg donation. This bill is going deny egg donors appropriate compensation and under-compensate our egg donors. In 2004, the UK did the same thing. They made compensation for both sperm and egg donation illegal. No one’s surprise, the number of egg and sperm donors dramatically. UK folks who need a third party donor wait years or have to go overseas to create their family.
This bill (SB 1306) was created to discourage doctors from providing egg donor treatment in the first place requiring more informed contests, more red tape along with a boat load of incredibly tough penalties, including losing their license if the new imposed rules aren’t followed to the letter.
ASRM has created guidelines for egg donation with the intent that all clinics follow. These guidelines include how to carefully screen egg donors, how to treat egg donors, care for egg donors, how many times an egg donor should cycle, and what we should
RESOLVE, the infertility advocacy group has this to say:
“On behalf of the more than 100,000 women and men in Arizona who are contending with infertility, RESOLVE opposes SB 1306 / HB 2651 because they will burden and perhaps eliminate an effective medical treatment that has been used all across this country for decades. It is women and men who are trying to build families who will suffer if these bills become law.”