Jorge Alberto Álvarez Díaz
JBRA Assist. Reprod. 2021; 25 (1):81-89
Received January 15, 2020
Accepted July 30, 2020
Abstract
Objective: To determine whether Latin Americans who have undergone assisted reproduction techniques would donate embryos. Methods: This is a multinational cross-sectional survey with 602 patients. An invitation was sent to the Latin American Network of Assisted Reproduction centers. Those who accepted received the instrument used to be distributed among the patients who agreed by signing the informed consent form. In total, 261 men and 341 women participated in seven countries. Results: Patients would donate their embryos as follows: treatment with embryonic stem cells (73.6%), heterosexual couples (63.8%), Assisted Reproduction Techniques (ART) research (57%), scientific or basic research (55.3%), research with embryonic stem cells (55.2%), premenopausal women (53.8%), single women (45.1%), people with disabilities (25.4%), lesbians (25.3%), menopausal women (25.2%), lesbian couple (24.6%), gay couple (19.6%), senile women (15.1%). Conclusions: The results favor the embryos donation for research purposes, and a little less for clinical purposes, contrary to what was thought in qualitative studies conducted in the Latin American population.