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Fertility Preservation Through Oocyte Vitrification: Clinical and Laboratory Perspectives
Published on: September 16, 2021
[Social egg freezing: which problems?]
J Belaisch-Allart1, M Brzakowski, A Chouraqui
1Service de gynécologie obstétrique et médecine de la reproduction, centre hospitalier des 4-Villes, site de Sèvres, 141, Grande-Rue, 92318 Sèvres cedex, France. j.belaischallart@ch4v.fr
Abstract:
In today's society, many women push pregnancy further away from the "right" childbearing age. Assisted reproduction, except egg donation, is unable to fully overcome the effect of age on fertility loss. The effectiveness of oocyte vitrification is demonstrated, and oocyte vitrification is allowed in the French Bioethics law of 2011. In the French law, oocyte' s cryopreservation is proposed to oocyte donors without child. Social egg freezing for non-medical reason is already legal in some countries, but leads to new debates and discussions.
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