Health Minister Agnès Buzyn said it was necessary to put in place a transition period before the establishment of another gamete stock "that will meet the new requirements".

"We will not completely destroy the gamete stock": the Minister of Health Agnès Buzyn on Monday deemed necessary the establishment of a transition period before the transition to a new system of donations to avoid a shortage. "The gamete stock will continue to be used until we establish another gamete stock that will meet the new requirements, that is, the donor has given his consent to be contacted by the young person again. 18 years old, "said the minister on France Inter.

# Bioethics Law: The stock of # gametes now constituted will not be destroyed. A transition period will make it possible to organize the transition from the old to the new donation system, to avoid the shortage. @ # LeaSalame le79Inter

- Agnès Buzyn (@agnesbuzyn) August 26, 2019

The identity of the donor can be revealed

The bioethics bill, which includes the opening of medically assisted procreation (PMA) to all women, will be examined in the National Assembly in September. The special commission set up to examine the text will begin its hearings on Tuesday. The bill also provides that children born of a donation after the coming into force of the law may have access to their "non-identifying data" (age, physical characteristics, etc.) of the donor and to his or her identity. .

For this, the agreement of the donor is necessary. Consequence: from now on, to give his sperm, a man must obligatorily accept that his identity can one day be revealed to the child born of this gift, if it wishes it. If this man does not accept it, he will not be able to give. However, the gift itself will remain anonymous: we will still not be able to choose a donor and a donor will not be able to choose who he is giving to.

150,000 attempts of LDCs per year

According to the Ministry of Health, there are about 150,000 LDC attempts a year, with third-party donors or not, and most heterosexual couples make LDCs with their own gametes. These attempts give rise to 25,000 births each year, out of a total of 800,000, of which about a thousand are from a third donor.

"There will be by decree a pivotal date to which we will decide to change the system," said the minister, adding that before that date, there will be no lift anonymity. "We are not going to destroy the gamete stock overnight, especially since we have not yet replenished a new stock," she added.