Table 1 Characteristics of clinical and ethical guidelines regarding gamete and embryo donors
* | Name | Organization | Year | Country/ Region | Focus on content | AGREE-II overall score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Guidelines for counselling in infertility [43] | ESHREa | 2001 | Europe | Slightly | 3 (poor) |
2 | Psychological guidelines for embryo donation [44] | ASRMb | 2002 | USA | Partly | 2 (very poor) |
3 | Assisted Human Reproduction Counselling Practice Guidelines [45] | CFASc | 2009 | Canada | Slightly | 2 (very poor) |
4 | Guidelines for the Donation of Gametes and Embryos, Surrogacy and Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis [46] | CESTd | 2009 | Canada (Quebec) | Partly | 3 (poor) |
5 | Guidelines for Third Party Reproduction [47]* | CFAS | 2016 | Canada | Partly | 5 (good) |
6 | Interests, obligations, and rights in gamete and embryo donation: an Ethics Committee opinion [52] | ASRM | 2019 | USA | Partly | 3 (poor) |
7 | UK guidelines for the medical and laboratory procurement and use of sperm, oocyte and embryo donors [48] | ACEe, ABAf, BFSg, BASh | 2019 | UK | Totally | 3 (poor) |
8 | Repetitive oocyte donation: a committee opinion [53] | ASRM, SARTi | 2020 | USA | Totally | 3 (poor) |
9 | Financial compensation of oocyte donors: an Ethics Committee opinion [54] | ASRM | 2021 | USA | Totally | 3 (poor) |
10 | Guidance regarding gamete and embryo donation [30] | ASRM, SART | 2021 | USA | Partly | 6 (very good) |
11 | Code of practice (9th edition) [34] | HFEAj | 2021 | UK | Slightly | 5 (good) |
12 | Code of practice for assisted reproductive technology units [50] | RTACk | 2021 | Australia and New-Zealand | Slightly | 5 (good) |
13 | Good practice recommendations for information provision for those involved in reproductive donation [51] | ESHRH | 2022 | Europe | Partly | 6 (very good) |
14 | Ethical guidelines on the use of assisted reproductive technology [49] | NHMRCl | 2023 | Australia | Slightly | 5 (good) |