Abstract
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.
MeSH terms
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Aging / physiology
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Directed Tissue Donation / economics
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Directed Tissue Donation / ethics
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Directed Tissue Donation / legislation & jurisprudence
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Elective Surgical Procedures / economics
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Elective Surgical Procedures / ethics
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Elective Surgical Procedures / legislation & jurisprudence
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Female
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Fertility / physiology*
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Freedom*
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Freezing*
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Guidelines as Topic / standards
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Humans
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Male
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Oocyte Donation / economics
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Oocyte Donation / ethics
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Oocyte Donation / legislation & jurisprudence*
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Oocyte Donation / methods
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Oocytes*
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Patient Rights
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Pregnancy
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Reproductive Medicine / ethics
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Reproductive Medicine / legislation & jurisprudence
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Reproductive Medicine / organization & administration
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Risk Assessment
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Sperm Injections, Intracytoplasmic* / economics
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Sperm Injections, Intracytoplasmic* / ethics
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Sperm Injections, Intracytoplasmic* / legislation & jurisprudence
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Sperm Injections, Intracytoplasmic* / methods