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Extra embryos: The ethics of cryopreservation in Ecuador and elsewhere
Through ethnographic comparison with Ecuador, I localize North American and European ethical debates about embryos. In Ecuador, some in vitro fertilization (IVF) practitioners and patients do whatever they can to preserve the life of embryos through donation or cryopreservation. For this group, embryos are embroiled in debates about life, as they commonly are in North America. However, other Ec...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Migration and Society
سال: 2020
ISSN: 2574-1306,2574-1314
DOI: 10.3167/arms.2020.111403