FROZEN EMBRYOS, GENETIC INFORMATION AND REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS

P-42: Who Owns the Frozen Embryos?

Background: Success in assisted reproductive techniques is raising hope for many infertile couples, but as in these techniques many embryos are made, there is no choice other than cryopreservation of the not-transferred embryos. Along with development of these techniques, the number of In-vitro made embryos is rising and the number of transferred embryos is decreasing to prevent multiple gestat...

Gender, Reproductive Health, and Reproductive Rights

Introduction A gender perspective is an integral part of the reproductive health approach to population activities. Fundamental to the Cairo Programme of Action (POA) is the underlying principle which places women’s needs at the centre of population and development concerns. This includes the right of women to make autonomous reproductive choices and the right to high quality services which are...

Adoption, reproductive technologies, and genetic information.

The biopolitics of frozen embryos.

The unresolved debate about frozen embryos has left open the discussion on "what to do with them". There are only three ways to deal with frozen embryos: 1) to leave them frozen indefinitely; 2) to defrost and discard them and 3) to use them for research. In this paper, we suggest that the application of current scientific knowledge, instead of inappropriately referring to ethical principles or...

Frozen life's dominion: extending reproductive autonomy rights to in vitro fertilization.

Lawyers and judges faced with a contemporary constitutional issue must try to construct a coherent, principled, and persuasive interpretation of the text of particular clauses, the structure of the Constitution as a whole, and our history under the Constitution--an interpretation that both unifies these distinct sources, so far as this is possible, and directs future adjudication. They must se...