EGG FREEZING: A BREAKTHROUGH FOR REPRODUCTIVE AUTONOMY?
This article describes the relatively new technology of freezing human eggs and examines whether egg freezing, specifically when it is used by healthy women as ‘insurance’ against age-related infertility, is a legitimate exercise of reproductive autonomy. Although egg freezing has the potential to e...
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Language: | English |
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Wiley-Blackwell
2009
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Bioethics
Year: 2009, Volume: 23, Issue: 1, Pages: 39-46 |
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Extend Fertility
B Childbearing B oocyte cryopreservation B Autonomy B egg freezing B professional women B American Society for Reproductive Medicine |
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