According to this recent press release, a new online collaborative network for egg donor agencies has been created called the Donor Network Alliance.

The portal features over 1000 egg donors of every shape, size and race. For use by intended parents, donor agencies and fertility clinics, the site is a resource to search for egg donors and create unification in the efforts to help couples with fertility issues.

DNA began with three competing egg donor agencies in Chicago (Alternative Reproductive Resources (ARR), The Center for Egg Options Illinois (CEO) and ConceiveAbilities), and now collaborates with agencies from California, Massachusetts, Texas, Washington DC, Florida, Colorado, Arizona, Minnesota, Georgia and others. The website will soon be launching internationally. The goal of DNA is to have a total of 8,000 egg donors listed in their database by the end of 2009.

The egg donation and surrogacy industries are largely self-regulated, which likely creates many open doors for opportunities such as DNA, and other fertility efforts. Earlier this month, the Egg Donation and Surrogacy Professional Association (EDSPA) announced that, in light of the negative press generated by “Octomom” Nadya Suleman, the organization plans to create an internationally recognized group of assisted reproduction professionals in hopes of providing, “a filter for agencies and be a place where intended parents, surrogates and egg donors could find security,” when participating in fertility services.

In the meantime, do you trust organizations like DNA or other assisted fertility services if they are not legally regulated?