Legal and moral issues attitude of men referring; regarding embryo donation in shaheed mostafa khomeini hospital 1397

Kobra Khajavi shojaie,1,* Ashraf pirasteh,2 Zahra jouhari,3 mohammad tayyeb,4

1. Shahed University
2. Shahed University
3. Shahed University
4. Shahed University

Abstract


Introduction

Background and objective: infertility is one of the problems that have had a profound effect on the relationship between infertile couples and their social relationships. the purpose of this study was to evaluate the attitudes of men referring to shaheed mostafa khomeini hospital regarding legal and moral issues of embryo donation 1397

Methods

Material and methods: this observational/cross-sectional study is conducted on 225 subjects chosen through convenience sampling from male patients of clinic in shahid-mostafa-khomeini hospital in 2018.

Results

Results in this study, 60.5% of participants agreed with the donation of embryos as a treatment for their infertility. according to religious beliefs, 64% of people agreed with this method. according to religious beliefs, 64% of people agreed with this method. but 63.1% of the participants were against the transfer of fetus from their family. 67.1% of the participants agreed with the donation of their fetus to the needed couples. 79.6% of the participants agreed with the anonymity of couples in embryo donation.

Conclusion

Conclusion: based on the results, it is concluded that the attitude of men about embryo donation has a significant relationship with level of education and increase of age.

Keywords

Keywords: attitude, embryo donation, legal, moral, men.