Purpose: To investigate the interests of the Japanese general public in the reproductive use of in vitro derived (IVD)-gametes.Methods: We conducted WOMENS BASIC TEES an online survey and obtained answers from 3096 respondents.Results: More than half of the respondents agreed with the reproductive use of IVD-gametes by infertile heterosexual married couples but disagreed with the same use by unmarried or homosexual individuals.Nearly 70.
0% disagreed with the use for designing a baby.Discussion: In Japan at present, the use of IVD-gametes that deviate from societal values kids sweatpants regarding reproduction and family prescribed by the conventional marriage system is unlikely to be accepted.It is also unlikely to be accepted for non-treatment purposes in reproduction.