title: Minimizing risk in anonymous egg donation.
abstract: Assisted conception carries with it known and putative medical and surgical risks. Exposing healthy women to these risks in order to harvest eggs for donation when a safer alternative exists is morally and ethically unacceptable. Egg sharing minimizes risk and provides a source of eggs for donation. Anonymity protects all parties involved and should not be removed.
authors.affiliation: Cromwell IVF and Fertility Centre, Cromwell Hospital, London SW5 0TU, UK. ivf@cromwellhospital.com
authors.forename: K K
authors.initials: KK
authors.lastname: Ahuja
authors.forename: E G
authors.initials: EG
authors.lastname: Simons
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Nair
authors.forename: M R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Rimington
authors.forename: N A
authors.initials: NA
authors.lastname: Armar
mesh_terms: D019924:Embryo Disposition; D005260:Female; D006062:Gonadotropins / Q000009:adverse effects; D006801:Humans; D007258:Informed Consent; D018587:Oocyte Donation / Q000009:adverse effects*; D012307:Risk Factors; D014019:Tissue Donors; D006113:United Kingdom
chemical_list: D006062:Gonadotropins