Find out about gamete donation in Caen

To meet the growing and urgent need for donations, the French Biomedicine Agency is coming to you aboard its mobile bus to recruit new egg donors and new sperm donors.

The Caen Normandy University Hospital supports this event organized by the French Biomedicine Agency! Come and meet the reproductive medicine and ask all your questions about gamete donation.

#BecomeParents, the tour

#FaitesDesParents, the tour is an event organised by the Biomedicine Agency in 10 cities in metropolitan France to raise awareness among donors.

On September 18th, healthcare professionals from the Caen Normandy University Hospital will be present at Place Saint Sauveur in Caen from 10am to 6:30pm to answer all your questions about egg and sperm donation.

On site, you will have the opportunity to make an initial appointment with the donation center or another donation center closer to your home to become a donor.

Increasing the number of gamete donors: a challenge

Although the annual trend in the number of gamete donations has been upward since 2015, these remain far from sufficient to meet the needs of people waiting for a donation as part of medically assisted reproduction (MAR).

Indeed, since the law of August 2, 2021 relating to bioethics, which broadened access to ART to female couples and unmarried women, the number of requests for coverage for medically assisted reproduction (MAR) with sperm donation has exploded, with nearly 13,000 requests in 2023 compared to approximately 2,000 per year before 2021.

In addition to the urgent need to increase the quantity of donations, there is also a need to increase the diversity of donor profiles to allow everyone to have a child who resembles them.

Men aged 18 to 44 inclusive and women aged 18 to 37 inclusive—that is, all potential gamete donors—represent 18 million people in France (source: INSEE). However, according to a survey conducted by the French Biomedicine Agency in April 2024 [1] , while 80% of people of donor age are in favor of donating, young people seem more hesitant. For 66% of those surveyed, better information about the shortage of donations and the donation process in general appears to be a way to encourage donation. Each year, only 1,600 donors take the plunge.

^[1] Barometer conducted by the Viavoice Institute for the French Biomedicine Agency, by telephone between April 11 and 23, 2024, with a sample of 1,004 people, representative of the French population aged 18 and over.

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