Reproductive Techniques, Assisted - Ethics
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Sunday, November 22, 2009

Access to fertility treatment by gays, lesbians, and unmarried persons.

Sep 2009 This statement explores the implications of reproduction by single individuals, unmarried heterosexual couples, and gay and lesbian couples, and concludes that ethical arguments supporting denial of access to fertility services on the basis of ... Read more...

Fertility treatment when the prognosis is very poor or futile.

30 Aug 2009 The Ethics Committee recommends development of evidence-based policies that are patient centered for each IVF center. In most cases, the provision of futile therapies is not ethically justifiable. For those treatments with very poor success rates, ... Read more...

Child-rearing ability and the provision of fertility services.

3 Aug 2009 Fertility programs may withhold services when there are reasonable grounds for thinking that patients will not provide adequate child-rearing to offspring but are not obligated to do so. This document was reviewed in June 2009 and while no changes ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Reproductive Techniques, Assisted - Ethics'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Developmental biology: Asexual healing. 15 Sep 2009
• Access to fertility treatment by gays, lesbians, and unmarried persons. Sep 2009
• Fertility treatment when the prognosis is very poor or futile. 30 Aug 2009
• The ethics of egg manipulation. 25 Aug 2009
• Child-rearing ability and the provision of fertility services. 3 Aug 2009
• Pluripotent stem cell-derived gametes: truth and (potential) consequences. 30 Jun 2009
• Embryonic developments. 7 Jun 2009
• Uterine transplantation FIGO Committee for the Ethical Aspects of Human Reproduction and Women's Health. 3 Jun 2009
• Getting beyond the welfare of the child in assisted reproduction. 30 May 2009
• The use of clinical ethics committees in infertility clinics. 30 May 2009
• Embryo donation in New Zealand: a pilot study. 7 May 2009
• Iran's experience with surrogate motherhood: an Islamic view and ethical concerns. 29 Apr 2009
• [Some remarks on the protection of human embryo in the Spanish law] 29 Apr 2009
• [The juridical desprotection of the human embryos post the new law of human assisted reproduction and the law of biomedical investigation] 29 Apr 2009
• [The progressive legal vulnerability of embryonic human life in Spain: the law 35/1988 to 14/2006 and law 14/2007] 29 Apr 2009
• Designing rules for designer babies. 29 Apr 2009
• The octuplets tragedy. 29 Apr 2009
• Fertility preservation for healthy women: ethical aspects. 19 Apr 2009
• Assisted reproductive technology in Saudi Arabia. 30 Mar 2009
• [3/6. The pre-implantation diagnosis and the "drug baby"] 30 Mar 2009

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Technical information about 'Reproductive Techniques, Assisted'

Definition: Clinical and laboratory techniques used to enhance fertility in humans and animals.

Descriptor UI: D027724

Alternative terms: Reproductive Techniques, Assisted; Assisted Reproductive Technique; Reproductive Technique, Assisted; Technique, Assisted Reproductive; Techniques, Assisted Reproductive; Assisted Reproductive Technics; Assisted Reproductive Technic; Reproductive Technic, Assisted; Reproductive Technics, Assisted; Technic, Assisted Reproductive; Technics, Assisted Reproductive; Assisted Reproductive Techniques; Reproductive Technology, Assisted; Assisted Reproductive Technologies; Assisted Reproductive Technology; Reproductive Technologies, Assisted; Technologies, Assisted Reproductive; Technology, Assisted Reproductive;

Allowable Qualifiers: adverse effects; classification; economics; history; instrumentation; mortality; nursing; psychology; standards; trends; utilization; veterinary; statistics & numerical data; contraindications; ethics; legislation & jurisprudence;

Tree Number: E02.875.800; E05.820.800;

History Note: 2002

Technical Notes: usually for humans; may be used for animals if specified; otherwise use BREEDING or its specifics; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES is also available