Assisted Reproductive Technology (SART) announced that they would no longer consider
oocyte cryopreservation (ie, egg freezing) to be experimental. In their joint practice guideline, …

As oocyte and ovarian tissue cryopreservation techniques continue to improve [2, 3], there
is a growing need to address the moral permissibility of what has been called ‘social’ egg …

Objective To provide a comprehensive review and evidence based recommendations for
Canadian fertility centres that offer social egg freezing. Outcomes In social egg freezing cycles …

In this essay, I argue that pronatalism—a social bias in favor of gestational motherhood—and
geneticism—a social bias in favor of genetic motherhood—are conceptually and …

The CRISPR system for gene editing can break, repair, and replace targeted sections of
DNA. Although CRISPR gene editing has important therapeutic potential, it raises several …

American Society of Reproductive Medicine (ASRM) and the American Society of Clinical
Oncology (ASCO), recommend that all newly diagnosed cancer patients of childbearing age …

Objective On December 21, 2015, the Province of Ontario created the Ontario Fertility Program
to fund one cycle of in vitro fertilization (IVF) to improve IVF affordability and access for …

Long-term care (LTC) centers experienced an unprecedented emergency involving exponential
mortality during the COVID-19 pandemic. Individuals residing in long-term care were …

In “Sleepwalking Into Infertility,” Marie-Eve Lemoine and Vardit Ravitsky (2015) consider the
medical and social implications of delayed childbearing. According to the authors, a …

Traditional surrogate-a person who undergoes an insemination from a sperm donor or sperm
provider in order to achieve and carry a pregnancy for another person/couple, who will be …