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Chicago Egg Donor/Gestational Surrogacy Agency Takes Stand for Industry Ethical Standards

CHICAGO, Oct. 24 /PRNewswire/

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(ARR), a Chicago-based egg donation and gestational surrogacy agency, has taken a stand against misleading advertising and questionable industry practices by publishing a code of ethics. The code, soon to be posted on ARR's Web site, http://www.arr1.com, calls for compensating egg donors and gestational surrogates solely for their time, effort and inconvenience, in keeping with the American Society of Reproductive Medicine (ASRM) guidelines. "We are appalled by some of the practices we've seen," said ARR President Robin von Halle. "When agencies compensate egg donors based on SAT scores, athletic abilities and beauty pageant titles, it reflects poorly on our industry."

Von Halle cited a California agency's ad offering $50,000 to "tall, athletic and brunette" donors and an East Coast agency's site promoting its "extraordinary" donors whose members' eggs are worth three times that of an "ordinary" donor. "Putting a higher price tag on 'designer genes' crosses a dangerous ethical line and treats human life like a commodity," said von Halle. She further noted that some agencies try to circumvent ASRM guidelines by offering gifts or perks to "premium" donors. ARR's Code of Ethics makes a statement against advertising that promotes unrealistic expectations or false hopes among prospective parents, donors or surrogates. "We've seen advertisers imply they have a storehouse of donated eggs," says von Halle. "In reality, a donation cycle is an approximate six-week process."

    The code also addresses a number of other issues:

  • Screening: Donors and gestational surrogates receive psychological screening, consultation and legal representation to make sure they are fully informed about the process.
  • Egg donor anonymity: While prospective parents receive a multi-page document detailing personal information, the donor's name is not revealed, nor is it posted on a Web site.
  • Surrogacy relationships: ARR facilitates a meeting between potential surrogates and parents before they agree to work together and encourages relationship building before embryo transfer.

Von Halle hopes other agencies will follow ARR's lead by adopting -- and following -- similar codes of ethics.Established in 1994, ARR was one of the first agencies in the United States dedicated to locating and matching egg donors and, more recently, gestational surrogates with intended parents from around the world.

For further information, contact von Halle at 773.327.7315, or info@arr1.com.

Contact: Robyn Velasquez
Carrie Gold
Hodge Schindler Integrated Communications
312.666.6662

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Unofficially…Medical historian Robert Marion, M.D., believes that George Washington's fertility problems changed the course of American history. In an article that appeared in Newsday in 1994, Marion argued that Washington turned down the chance to become "King" of the United States because of his lack of heirs to inherit the throne.

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