Frequently asked questions for rainbow couples
Every child is a little miracle! And we think that everyone should have the right to experience this miracle for themselves. All the important information for rainbow couples and how you can ideally prepare yourself can be found in these frequently asked questions.
No, the couple does not have to be partnered. As with heterosexual couples, consent in the form of a notary deed is sufficient.
Regardless of whether the couple is only partnered or in a cohabiting relationship, a declaration of consent in the form of a notary deed is required in any case, as the sperm cells of a third person is used in the treatment. The notary deed ensures that both women are legally considered parents, including the woman on whom the insemination is not performed. The notary deed is a mere formality.
§ 8. (1) Medically assisted reproduction may only be performed with the consent of the spouses, registered partners or cohabitants. The consent shall require the form of a notarial deed in the case of cohabitants or in the case of the use of the semen or ova of a third person."
(3) The declaration shall contain:
1. express consent to medically assisted reproduction;
2. if necessary, consent to the use of the semen or ova of a third person;
3. the name, date and place of birth, nationality and place of residence of the spouse,
registered partner or cohabiting partner; and
4. the period during which medically assisted procreation may be performed.
may be performed.
Yes. The IVF fund supports the following treatment under various conditions:
IVF with donor sperm: if the recipient has a medical indication for IVF and therefore IVF treatment is necessary, the IVF fund will support all costs including medication for the treatment. However, this does not include the costs for the donor sperm: for this a lump sum (=private benefit) has to be paid to the respective institution where the attempt is performed.
Insemination is not supported by the IVF fund, nor by the statutory health insurance.
The IVF fund covers 70% of all treatment costs including medication costs. This leaves a 30% deductible.
Partner donation (also known as the "ROPA method") is legally permitted in Austria according to Section 3 (1) of the Austrian Reproductive Medicine Act (FMedG). The treatment of partner donation is a routine treatment at our Kinderwunschzentrum an der Wien. In this process, the partner's eggs are fertilized with the donor sperm cells and subsequently implanted in the uterus as part of the embryo transfer of the other partner.
"§3. (1) Only the oocytes and semen of spouses, registered partners or cohabiting partners may be used for medically assisted reproduction, except in the cases regulated in paras. 2 and 3."
§Section 2(2) FMedG stipulates that oocytes to be used for a third person may only be retrieved from the age of 18 to the age of 30. However, since the ROPA method is a partner donation and therefore not an egg donation to a third person, Section 2b para. 2 FMedG is not applicable.