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Reproductive tourism refers to the movement of persons from one institution, jurisdiction, or country where they live to another institution, jurisdiction, or country to access fertility treatment. This type of tourism is developing; many important aspects, such as health aspects, quality of medical care, financial matters, ethical considerations, legal matters, and international transparency, remain unexplored. The present study aims to investigate the issue of reproductive tourism, its opportunities, and challenges. This research is a narrative review study, which aimed to study academic articles on fertility donors in the last 10 years. The analyzed materials are in English and Persian, including free books and articles. The searches were performed on databases such as Google Scholar and academic databases such as Sage, Scopus, Web of Science, and Wiley. Finally, only 18 materials were considered. The appalling trend of reproductive tourists’ movement from developed countries to donor countries is increasing and requires attention to all aspects. The mentioned issues about donors in this study show important cultural and social matters in donation, indicating the importance of understanding concerns about donation challenges. Reproductive tourism is moral pluralism that is achieved by crossing legal borders. This practical solution presupposes legal diversity. The reproductive tourism brings special economic benefits to the country, which are considerable. This technique may lead to more complicated ethical and legal challenges. Various countries and international institutions have made significant efforts to regulate this procedure to standardize its legal context worldwide and avoid litigation. However, further studies should be performed in this regard.

Keywords: Reproductive Health, Health Tourism, Medical Tourism, Health Services, Assisted Reproductive Techniques

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