Ethics of assisted reproduction for HIV concordant couples

Assisted Reproduction in Same Sex Couples

M.V. Sauer (ed.), Principles of Oocyte and Embryo Donation, DOI 10.1007/978-1-4471-2392-7_22, © Springer-Verlag London 2013 In recent years a growing recognition of same sex unions as culturally and socially acceptable has led inevitably to a parallel acceptance of such unions as a foundation for family. Advances in gay rights, the liberalization of legal restraints, and the increasing availabi...

Assisted reproduction techniques for HIV serodiscordant couples: 18 months of experience.

BACKGROUND Assisted reproduction techniques can minimize the risk of infection and treat possible sterility associated with serodiscordant couples. METHODS We assessed the efficacy of these techniques in 57 couples in which at least one partner had human immunodeficiency virus (HIV-1) infection that was currently under control (47 men and 10 women). The semen of seropositive men was prepared ...

Dyadic adjustment in HIV sero-concordant and sero-discordant couples.

AIM The HIV infected population in Romania is at an age when engaging in a serious relationship is more and more an issue. Dyadic adjustment is the process which most couples go through, in their attempt to form a steady relationship. It is represented by important changes that appear in one's perception of himself and the significant other. Dyadic adjustment can be measured by a series of para...

Missed Opportunities for HIV Infection Prevention in HIV Sero-Discordant and X-Negative Concordant Couples

HIV AND ASSISTED REPRODUCTIVE TECHNOLOGIES Should HIV discordant couples have access to assisted reproductive technologies?

In this paper we identify and evaluate arguments for and against offering assisted reproductive technologies (ART), specifically IVF, to HIV discordant couples (male partner HIV positive, female partner HIV negative). The idea of offering ART to HIV discordant couples generates concerns about safety and public health and raises questions such as: what is an acceptable level of risk to offspring...