Reproductive Outcomes in Lesbian Couples Undergoing Reception of Oocytes from Partner Versus Autologous <i>In Vitro</i> Fertilization/Intracytoplasmic Sperm Injection

Núñez, A. Sáez; García, Désirée; Gimenez‐Bonafé, Pepita; Vassena, Rita; Rodríguez, Amelia

doi:10.1089/lgbt.2020.0282

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“…All these differences were also observed when multivariate analysis considering age, BMI, and number of MII was performed. 48 …”

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“…these differences were also observed when multivariate analysis considering age, BMI, and number of MII was performed. 48 The most recent quantitative study was also a cohort study comparing young patients without fertility disorders undergoing single-way IVF and ROPA. They included 99 ROPA cycles (73 couples), and 2929 IVF cycles with autologous oocytes (2334 patients) were included.…”

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Lesbian shared IVF: the ROPA method: a systematic review

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Ceschin²

2023

Porto Biomedical Journal

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The ROPA (Reception of Oocytes from PArtner) method, also known as lesbian shared IVF (in vitro fertilization), is an assisted reproduction technique for female couples, in which one of the women provides the oocytes (genetic mother) and the other receives the embryo and gestates (gestational mother). As a double parented method, it is the only way lesbian women may biologically share motherhood. This is a narrative review of data concerning ROPA published in PubMed, Scopus, and Cochrane Library. A total of 35 articles were included, 10 about motivations for undergoing ROPA, 13 about ethics or legislation, 4 about motherhood, and 8 studies reporting clinical outcomes. Despite being used for more than a decade, there is a paucity of data regarding this technique in scientific literature. Most women choose this technique to share biological motherhood, but medical issues may also justify its use. Many ethical and legal issues are still to be solved. Despite the small number of studies, data regarding the outcomes of this technique and the resulting motherhood are reassuring.

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“…All these differences were also observed when multivariate analysis considering age, BMI, and number of MII was performed. 48 …”

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confidence: 99%

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Lesbian shared IVF: the ROPA method: a systematic review

Brandão

Ceschin²

2023

Porto Biomedical Journal

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“…These results are in line with previous studies that report better outcomes after reproductive treatments in female couples compared with heterosexual couples. 5,16,17 Concerning the ROPA method, 21% of the LBs resulted from this double-parented method. This means that four in five children were biologically related only to one of their mothers (as a result of single-parented methods).…”

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The Pathway of Female Couples in a Fertility Clinic

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Ceschin²,

Gómez

2022

Rev Bras Ginecol Obstet

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Objective The present study aims to describe the main characteristics of female couples resorting to a fertility clinic, to understand whether these patients have clear previous plans concerning procreation and how they end up completing their family planning, and to briefly describe the main outcomes of the recepción de ovocitos de pareja (ROPA, in the Spanish acronym: in English, reception of partner's oocytes) method. Methods This is a descriptive retrospective study of the pathway and outcomes of female couples in a fertility clinic during a 2-year period. Results A total of 129 couples were treated. Only one third of the couples had no condition potentially affecting fertility or advanced age. Most couples were decided to undergo artificial insemination or in vitro fertilization and the majority kept their plans, as opposed to 38% of the couples who decided to the ROPA method (lesbian shared in vitro fertilization) who changed plans. Live birth rates per treatment (including frozen embryo transfers) for artificial insemination, 58% for in vitro fertilization, 80% for treatments with donated oocytes or embryos, and 79% for ROPA. Four in five couples achieved live births. Conclusion The present study highlights the importance of a thorough medical workup in same-sex couples resorting to assisted reproduction. Despite the higher-than-expected rates of fertility disorders, the outcomes were good. Most couples end up in a single parented method. Furthermore, the results of the ROPA method are reassuring.

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“…Since its introduction in the field of medical-assisted procreation techniques toward 2010, Reciprocal IVF has been considered a method with many potentials, capable of ensuring good rates of successful pregnancy and increasing the participation of couples such as lesbian couples in the IVF treatment. 16 In fact, by using Reciprocal IVF both the persons of a couple can have a biological relatedness to the offspring: one genetically, by providing her eggs (genetic parenthood), and the other one gestationally, by carrying the future baby in her body (gestational parenthood). Considering, then, a lesbian couple, thanks to Reciprocal IVF two women can be both the biological mothers of the same child, being one the “genetic mother” and the other one the “gestational mother,” and it could therefore be said that they “share” (biological) motherhood.…”

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Carrying the same pregnancy: A bioethical overview on Reciprocal effortless IVF and similar techniques

Mangione

2023

Clinical Ethics

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Nowadays, novel techniques such as Reciprocal effortless in vitro fertilization (ReIVF) enable two individuals to “carry the same pregnancy,” that is to “carry” the same embryo in both their bodies. However, even though these techniques are likely to be increasingly requested, little is known about their safety and efficacy, and much less about their bioethical legitimacy and issues. Considering their uniqueness, this study assesses the compatibility of ReIVF as well as of another similar technique with the classical principles of medical ethics: autonomy, beneficence, nonmaleficence, and justice. The aim is twofold: (i) to start investigating whether these techniques and their underlying reasons are, or could ever be, bioethically justifiable and (ii) to make clinicians and any other potentially interested persons such as researchers, lawmakers and prospective parents themselves are more aware of the health and social implications of using these techniques. Hence, after a brief overview of the technical aspects of the procedures that allow two persons to carry the same pregnancy, this study offers a general moral framework that can be useful for starting to address some relevant aspects of these procedures, such as their benefits and harms on the health of the individuals involved, the reasons behind their use, and the possibility that they might be covered by states in the future. Finally, this study provides a bioethical overview on ReIVF as well as on similar techniques considering different perspectives, while also suggesting some questions and recommendations for further research.

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Reproductive Outcomes in Lesbian Couples Undergoing Reception of Oocytes from Partner Versus Autologous In Vitro Fertilization/Intracytoplasmic Sperm Injection

Cited by 15 publications

References 11 publications

Lesbian shared IVF: the ROPA method: a systematic review

Lesbian shared IVF: the ROPA method: a systematic review

The Pathway of Female Couples in a Fertility Clinic

Carrying the same pregnancy: A bioethical overview on Reciprocal effortless IVF and similar techniques

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