First child will be born in Italy using IVF conception of donor eggs

25.07.2014

Italian media have lively discussions seemingly unremarkable phenomenon of our time: a resident of Rome became pregnant through the use of donor eggs. After all, for many years this method has been in the country strictly prohibited.

Several weeks ago, the Italian Constitutional Court overturned as violating human rights for a long time operated in the country law banning egg donation.

The law was introduced in 2004 during second term as Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi. Scandalous premier, promised such innovations during the campaign, thereby enlisted the support of the Catholic Church, whose position in Italy is traditionally very strong.

Immediately after the abolition of the unpopular law, followed in mid-June this year, many reproduction medicine clinics began actively assist those married and unmarried women who could experience the joy of motherhood exclusively through donor eggs.

For the abolition of the discriminatory law a long time fought many public organizations, primarily Association named by Luke Kostsioni (Luca Coscioni Association), advocating for the removal of many legal restrictions conducting scientific research.

The very next day When a message appears the first in the past 10 years, pregnancy, the ensuing through donor eggs, it became known that the doctors of the same unnamed clinic in Rome were successfully fertilized eggs are implanted two more women - tests showed that they became pregnant.

Also, according to the same decision, the court lifted the ban on sperm donation, which also was banned in Italy since 2004.

The next day when message about the first in the past 10 years pregnancy through donor eggs appeared, it became known that the doctors of the same unnamed clinic in Rome have successfully fertilized eggs and implanted them to two more women - tests showed that they became pregnant.

According to the same decision, the court lifted the ban on sperm donation, which also was banned in Italy since 2004.

Referring to: health-ua.org