What are the pros and cons of doing embryo adoption?

There are many excellent benefits to working with an adoption agency to receive donated embryos. An immediate benefit is that the majority of embryo adoption agencies have donated embryos available, just waiting to be matched to a loving family. read more

List of Cons of Embryo Adoption. 1. Anonymous Embryo Adoption. Some adoptive parents dislike the idea of getting matched with an anonymous donor. This is because they can only know very little information about the embryo which they think is unfair. When finding an alternate agency for adoption, it is sometimes seen to be extremely costly for adoptive parents to consider. 2. read more

Today, there are at least eight Embryo Adoption agencies in the United States as well as over 200 fertility clinic embryo donation programs. Though only a fraction are currently available for adoption, there are an estimated 500,000 embryos in frozen storage in the U.S. alone, according to a 2009 survey of clinics and cryobanks by the Embryo Adoption Awareness Center. read more