FDA Guidelines for Donors of Human Tissue by Darlene M. Pinkerton This document is not intended to be used as medical advice or medical instructions to any egg donor or any other person interested in donating human tissue. A Perfect Match, Inc. is providing this document to help educate women about some of the issues that may disqualify them from donation of human cells (donor eggs) temporarily or permanently. The Federal Government has now set forth FDA guidelines that are to be used by IVF centers when determining the eligibility of the person who donates human cell tissue (HCT/Ps). FDA is trying to “adequately and appropriately reduce the risk of transmission of relevant communicable diseases”. The FDA concerns are due to the “high risk” behaviors of those who...

by Thomas Pinkerton Infertile couples around the world have found California to be a favorable legal forum for a surrogacy and egg donation. California Courts have taken the lead of all U.S. jurisdictions by favorably extending existing California Family Law statutes to protect all parties to surrogacy and egg donation pregnancies. Prospective parents, surrogates and egg donors can be reasonably certain that their intentions, as expressed by their agreement, will be upheld in California. The California courts have consistently upheld the intended parents’ rights and obligations to their parenthood when they use a surrogate or egg donor to help create their families. This result will generally hold true regardless of whether the parents use their own genetic material,...