This technique is also applied when advanced age is a problem. You can can use your own eggs and your partner can carry the baby, if she is younger.
The ROPA is not considered as a donation, that is to say, it is the same process that heterosexual couples undergo when the man gives his sperm to the woman. The genetic material is related to the couple, then it is not a typical donation.
As a technique, ROPA is more effective than the artificial insemination, the other choice of lesbian couples.