Recent deliberations on the case of human fetal oocytes and on pregnancies in post-menopausal women by the British Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority.
The UK Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) has recently been considering several ethical and social dimensions of new aspects of assisted human reproduction. These have included sex selection, IVF treatment for single and lesbian women, black women receiving eggs from white donors and the two issues presented in this article. The first of these is the use of oocytes from human fetal ovaries; the report issued by the Authority is presented below. The second is the establishment of pregnancies in post-menopausal women.
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