Frozen in perpetuity: ‘abandoned embryos’ in Canada
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Frozen in perpetuity: ‘abandoned embryos’ in Canada
The matter of ‘abandoned embryos’ arises when surplus IVF embryos are frozen and stored for later use. If the fertility clinic or storage facility in question does not have clear direction about what to do with these embryos, and/or payment for storage ceases, and/or the embryo providers cannot be reached, the embryos raise an ethical and practical challenge. On the one hand, there is a commitm...
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عنوان ژورنال: Reproductive Biomedicine & Society Online
سال: 2015
ISSN: 2405-6618
DOI: 10.1016/j.rbms.2016.04.002