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IVF On February 12, 2006, CBS News released a report "A Surplus Of Embryos", which reported that currently there are over 400,000 frozen human embryos in storage
Ivf - In Vitro Fertilisation 10, 000 Australian couples are treated with IVF each year. The expensive and rather risky program (costing around $4000 excluding overheads)
IVF IVF treatment The In Vitro Fertilisation (IVF) or Test Tube Baby technique involves the fertilisation of eggs outside the human body in a test tube and the transfer
Vitro Fertilization In Vitro Fertilization (IVF), is the procedure whereby human babies are conceived, not in the womb but in a test tube or a Petri dish. This procedure
in vitro fertilization n Vitro Fertilization (IVF), is the procedure whereby human babies are conceived, not in the womb but in a test tube or a Petri dish. This
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On February 12, 2006, CBS News released a report "A Surplus Of Embryos", which reported that currently there are over 400,000 frozen human embryos in storage in the United States. Correspondent Leslie Stahl noted in the article that more embryos are created than are needed and they are now the subject of a national controversy. (CBS, 2006)
This same topic was the subject of a survey by the Institutes of Health, Health Care Policy and Aging at Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey. Three hundred forty one IVF clinics were asked about the management and disposal of frozen embryos. The study found that the options given to couples for their embryos includes continual cryopreservation, donation to research, donation to other couples, and disposal. There is some thought that IVF clinics place the decision about the responsibility for the embryos with the couples to prevent future complaints and lawsuits. Currently the American Society of Reproductive Medicine guidelines do not have specific criteria for disposal practices other than to urge informed consent, nor are there "meaningful" federal laws governing this area". (Gurmankin, A, 2004).
Many ethical and legal issues surround the unanswered question of what to do with unused embryos. Nanette Elster, a reproductive law expert and Assistant Professor at the University of Louisville Institute for Bioethics, Health Policy and Law mentions four possible choices couples have regarding their stored embryos. "Couples can opt to leave them in storage, donate them to an infertile couple, donate them to research, or allow them to thaw and be destroyed." (Mayes, 2003) Each of these options is accompanied by a variety of ethical considerations. An over abundant number of stored embryos is not practical or economical. Do clinics have the right to decide which embryos are accepted for continued storage?
For many people, one of the ethical issues that pertain to the storage of frozen embryos...
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