Egg freezing, procreative liberty, and ICSI: the double standards confronting elective self-donation of oocytes.
The consensus view among relevant professional societies opposing the offering of elective oocyte cryopreservation for potential future self-donation withstands neither clinical nor ethical scrutiny. The favorable risk-benefit ratio of this technology mandates both the prioritization of patient autonomy for informed women seeking to maximize-not guarantee-their chances of having genetically related children, and a justification for viewing egg freezing differently from intracytoplasmic sperm injection.
Rybak
Eli A
EA
Division of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Women's Health, Albert Einstein College of Medicine/Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, New York 10461, USA.
Lieman
Harry J
HJ
D000375:Aging / Q000502:physiology; D033001:Directed Tissue Donation / Q000191:economics / Q000941:ethics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D017558:Elective Surgical Procedures / Q000191:economics / Q000941:ethics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D005260:Female; D005298:Fertility / Q000502:physiology*; D005610:Freedom; D005615:Freezing; D017408:Guidelines as Topic / Q000592:standards; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D018587:Oocyte Donation / Q000191:economics / Q000941:ethics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence* / Q000379:methods; D009865:Oocytes; D028701:Patient Rights; D011247:Pregnancy; D018456:Reproductive Medicine / Q000941:ethics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000458:organization & administration; D018570:Risk Assessment; D020554:Sperm Injections, Intracytoplasmic / Q000191:economics / Q000941:ethics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000379:methods