Question Time: What do the changes to the Biotechnology Act mean – for you?

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1. When can you start the process towards assisted fertilization as a single person? Is there still any chance of having children with your own eggs with AMH 1.2 pmol? (08:25)

*Since the recording of the Q&A, we are well underway with assisted reproduction for singles. We have already started the process of helping many single women with their dream of having a child.

2. Is there anyone? upper age limit for assisted reproduction for singles? (10:34)

*The law sets an upper age limit of 46 years. This means that you cannot start treatment after you have reached the age of 46. We basically have an age limit of 43 years, but make individual assessments when you are 44–45 years old when it comes to starting new trials.

3. How much will it cost? cost of assisted reproduction for singles? How long will the wait be? How do you proceed, when you already have started the process abroad? Will it then just be possible to move it to Norway? Do I have to go through all the blood tests and gynecological tests again before I can possibly get the help I need here in Norway? (11:30)

*The price is basically the same as for couples. This means that a single attempt for insemination will cost 9.500,– and a single attempt with IVF treatment 35.500,– (prices as of January 2021). We also have package prices for this. Costs for donor and medicine are additional.

**We are continuously updating the financial guide with the services we offer.

4. Assisted fertilization for singles: Can one choose a donor in the same way as in Denmark, i.e. via a sperm bank? What is the advantage of choosing assisted fertilization privately in Norway vs. publicly vs. Denmark/abroad? In which cases do you not recommend insemination? (14:00)

*The procedure is similar to that of a sperm donor for couples. You can Read more about it here.

**Only the child himself or herself has the right to know who the donor is, when he or she turns 15. This assumes that the child knows that he or she was conceived with the help of donor sperm, and according to the Biotechnology Act (§2-7), the parents are obliged to inform about this as soon as it is advisable.

7. Is there a upper age limit in the woman with regard to egg freezing and when it can be used? (21:35)

*As a starting point, you should be between 25-35 years old, but individual assessments are made. The egg must be fertilized and transferred before the age of 46. 

8. Do all eggs survive freezing? Would you like to ensure pregnancy by freezing your eggs? (23:40)

9. Will you be less fertile after freezing eggs? (24:20)

10. We were going to start treatment in Denmark and have already reserved a donor through that clinic, can we use the same donor if we choose treatment with you? (25:25)

11. What is the criteria for receiving egg donation? (26:21)

12. How quickly can you become an egg donor? Who should you contact to get permission to donate eggs? / How do I become an egg donor?? (27:25)

13. Do we know anything about Who can become an egg donor?? For example, could it be a donor from your own family, like a sister – or will the donor be from a common registry and anonymous? (28:50)

14. How to type compensation is obtained by donating eggs? Can anyone within a certain age and in good health donate eggs? (29:55)

15When will the practice of egg donation becomes available to women in Norway? (31:30)

16. Wondering if I can get eggs from my partner? Eggs that she has frozen. We are two women. (32:15)

*Lesbian couples can donate eggs to each other from January 1, 2021 if there is a medical reason for it. That is, if the woman who will carry the child has minimal or no chance of becoming pregnant with her own eggs.

17. Is it legal to egg donation for lesbians? That is to say double donation? And what about singles and heterosexual couples? (33:32)

*If the donated egg comes from a partner (partner donation), and there is a medical reason for it, egg donation is legal for lesbians. 

**The law states that one of the parties must have a biological connection to the child. Therefore, single and heterosexual couples cannot have both eggs and sperm donated.

18. How will the queue system work? which patient groups will be prioritized or how will prioritization take place? (36:03)

19. Will it be as strict? BMI requirements for egg donation, like IVF treatment with your own eggs? (37:20)