Overview
- The Dexeus Mujer study, presented at the ASEBIR congress in Barcelona, reports the average age for egg freezing has fallen from 38 to 35.
- SEF data show women opting to preserve fertility rose from 75 in 2012 to 4,945 in 2022, with vitrified oocytes increasing from 2,672 to 58,668.
- Specialists estimate the national stock of cryopreserved oocytes, including donations, could exceed 800,000, reflecting sustained growth.
- Current rules bar women from requesting destruction of stored eggs, allowing only donation for reproduction, donation to research if available, or waiting for certification by two physicians of reproductive incapacity.
- Catalonia’s bioethics committee urges a technical circular to reinterpret the law, while the national reproduction authority maintains that only a comprehensive legislative reform will suffice, as experts warn egg freezing ideally occurs before 35 and is not a fertility guarantee.