IVI, where life begins

Each year around 5,000 couples from 80 countries visit our clinics in search of a top-quality treatment in reproductive medicine.

At IVI we have more than 30 years’ experience working and researching in the sector to offer you the best assisted reproduction techniques on the market. Our commitment to professional excellence and quality enables us to offer our patients the best results year after year.

Non-Anonymous Egg Donation

Before using donated gametes in a fertility treatment, it is important to understand the process of donation and its legal implications.

In Portugal, donation is semi-anonymous. This means that the actual donation process is performed in anonymity but that any donor-conceived person has the legal right at the age of 18 to request information regarding the identity of their donor. The donor-conceived person has no legal claims or rights in relation to the donor. Similarly, there is no legal implication for the donor towards any children born as a result of their donation.

At the time of donation, non-identifying information can be available to the recipient, such as age at the time of donation, height, eye color and hair color.

At IVI, counseling is an essential part of gametes donation to ensure that both parties understand the implications of the process.