title: What about the women? Ethical and policy aspects of egg supply for cloning research.
abstract: As more and more countries open their doors to human cloning and embryonic stem cell research, scientists will be confronted with one fundamental problem: where will all the eggs come from? The mass harvesting of eggs raises serious issues about women's health, status and well-being. This paper critically examines proposals for ova supply such as altruistic donation, surplus IVF eggs and commercial sale. It questions the meaningfulness of informed consent and the risk-benefit ratio in a climate where powerful economic and social forces increasingly view the risks to women as the necessary trade-off for scientific advance.
authors: School of Law, University of Western Sydney, Penrith South DC NSW 1797, Australia. k.george@uws.edu.au
authors: Katrina
authors: K
authors: George
mesh_terms: D000533:Altruism; D000818:Animals; D019976:Cloning, Organism / Q000191:economics / Q000941:ethics*; D015925:Cryopreservation; D033041:Embryo Research / Q000191:economics / Q000941:ethics*; D005260:Female; D005307:Fertilization in Vitro; D006801:Humans; D007258:Informed Consent / Q000941:ethics*; D018587:Oocyte Donation / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000191:economics; D016471:Ovarian Hyperstimulation Syndrome / Q000209:etiology; D018570:Risk Assessment