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Ethics in egg donation: past, present, and future.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  20683796     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Since the advent of clinical human egg donation just over 25 years ago, ethical considerations have been central to its successful application and popular acceptance. Early in its history, "essentialist" arguments questioning the moral validity of the practice altogether were commonplace. More recently, most academic discussion has been focused on "consequentialist" issues relating to practical approaches to egg donation that minimize ethically troublesome consequences. Three issues that have attracted a bulk of the attention in this regard are compensation, postmenopausal pregnancy, and egg sharing. Although much consensus has been reached on some very controversial issues, the enormous potential of increasingly successful oocyte cryopreservation, as well as emerging stem cell technologies, is very likely to provide abundant fuel for the continued debate of provocative and contentious ethical issues in human egg donation.
Authors:
Joshua U Klein; Mark V Sauer
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Review     Date:  2010-08-03
Journal Detail:
Title:  Seminars in reproductive medicine     Volume:  28     ISSN:  1526-4564     ISO Abbreviation:  Semin. Reprod. Med.     Publication Date:  2010 Jul 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2010-08-04     Completed Date:  2010-12-02     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  100909394     Medline TA:  Semin Reprod Med     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  322-8     Citation Subset:  IM    
Copyright Information:
Thieme Medical Publishers.
Affiliation:
Center for Women's Reproductive Care, Columbia University, New York, New York, USA.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Compensation and Redress
Female
Fertilization in Vitro / ethics
Humans
Male
Maternal Age
Oocyte Donation / economics,  ethics*,  methods,  trends*
Postmenopause / physiology
Pregnancy
Religion and Medicine

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