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donor-matching
gamete donor
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The Polish Infertility Treatment Act enables recipients (married couples and different-sex couples) access to third-party reproduction. The donor-matching is done by a physician who is obliged to establish phenotypic similarity between gamete/embryo donor(s) and recipient(s). According to Polish law, the following phenotypic characteristics are taken into consideration in the process of donor selection: height, weight, eye colour, hair colour, hair texture (straight, curly, wavy), body build, race, and ethnicity. The article aims to examine the possibility of applying other methods of matching used to ensure a higher level of physical resemblance between donor(s) and recipient(s), which are applied in other jurisdictions, such as the comparison of photos and/or using modern technologies based on facial recognition, given the fact that Polish patients may participate in donation programs abroad (where the process of donor-matching differs from the Polish regulations), and gametes may be shipped from international gamete banks and delivered to the Polish clinics. The article uses a comparative analysis of regulations and practices in Poland and selected countries. The study concludes that the current regulations are insufficient, and formulates some proposals for amending Polish law to allow the use of photos and facial recognition in donor-matching.
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