Giving oocytes to women in need: permitted, forbidden, or pressured? A commentary

Israel Journal of Health Policy Research

Françoise Shenfield¹ 

[1] Reproductive Medicine Unit, University College London Hospitals, Euston Road, London NW1 3BU, UK

关键词: solidarity;    justice;    egg sale;    egg donation;    cross border reproductive care;   

Others  :  810440
DOI  :  10.1186/2045-4015-1-16

 received in 2011-12-14, accepted in 2012-04-18,  发布年份 2012

【 摘 要 】

There can be no starker contrast in egg donation than between Austria, where it is forbidden, and Israel, where it is encouraged to the extent that some Israeli women go abroad in order to obtain these precious reproductive cells. There are grave ethical issues in some of the transactions involved, which may fall out with the definition of a gift. The ESHRE taskforce on cross-border reproductive care is keen to promote standards in this field, including the ethical standard of avoiding coercion.

This is a commentary on http://www.ijhpr.org/content/1/1/15/ webcite

【 授权许可】

   
2012 Shenfield; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.

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