Ukrainian law authorizes the use of donor eggs only when required for medical reasons and as long as the patient is a full-aged woman. It should be also noted, as stated earlier, that all patients must sign a written consent in beforehand, thereby ensuring the protection of both medical secrecy and donor anonymity. Egg donation must stand for a completely anonymous procedure, which means that spouses who resort to such fertility treatment to become parents will be allowed to neither meet the donor in person nor see pictures of her. Nonetheless, they can get general information about features such as blood type, Rh factor, nationality, height, weight, eye and hair color, if she is already on motherhood, etc. Receiving eggs from couples who have already finished their fertility cycle is another option addressed by law. Donor eggs from an anonymous donor or a relative On the other hand, current policies allows “skipping” anonymity only in cases where the egg donor is a relative or acquaintance of the receiving couple. In short, egg donors can be: · Relatives or female acquaintances · Anonymous women who donate their eggs willingly · IVF patients who decide to donate part of their eggs by signing a written consent in beforehand.
