Lecturer Tetsuya Hirata and Professor Minoru Osuga of the University of Tokyo Hospital Women's Surgery conducted a domestic awareness survey on "assisted reproductive technology through a third party" and "right to know the origin" such as egg donation, embryo donation, and surrogate pregnancy. Was carried out.
The number of couples facing infertility due to late marriage is increasing.In recent years, assisted reproductive technology has made it possible to conceive with the eggs and uterus of a third party other than the wife, but ethical issues are also being questioned.Currently, it is practically difficult to perform such treatment in Japan, so many patients travel abroad for treatment.Based on this situation, we conducted a domestic awareness survey on whether or not to provide assisted reproductive medicine using eggs and uterus of a third party in Japan.
This time, in order to collect large-scale data at random, we received responses from 20 men and women aged 59 to 2500 in the form of a web questionnaire.As a result, the awareness of "assisted reproductive technology through a third party" and "the right to know the origin" outweighed the positive opinions and the negative opinions.However, the difference was influenced by the gender, age, and infertility experience of the respondents.For example, for both men and women, there were more people who answered "should be admitted" in the group with infertility experience than in the group without infertility experience.On the other hand, more than 30% of the respondents answered "I don't know" in almost all the questions, so it is necessary to provide knowledge and activate discussions in order to obtain social consensus.
Based on the results of this research, it is expected that it will lead to early legislation and rule making.
Paper information:[PLOS ONE] A survey of public attitudes towards third-party reproduction in Japan in 2014
