American Society for Reproductive Medicine: defining embryo donation
Received 14 October 2009; received in revised form 14 October 2009; accepted 14 October 2009.
Building families through adoption of children has been supported by human society throughout history. Building families through reproductive donation of surplus embryos, in contrast, has become an option only since the dawn of assisted reproductive technologies. The ethical appropriateness of patients donating embryos to other patients for family building, or for research, including stem cell research, is well established and has been affirmed by this body and many others.
American Society for Reproductive Medicine, Birmingham, Alabama
Robert Brzyski, M.D., Ph.D., Chair, has nothing to disclose. Andrea Braverman, Ph.D., has nothing to disclose. Andrea Stein, M.D., has nothing to disclose. Bonnie Steinbock, Ph.D., has nothing to disclose. Bruce Wilder, M.D., M.P.H., J.D., has nothing to disclose. G. David Adamson, M.D., has nothing to disclose. John Robertson, J.D., has nothing to disclose. Judith Daar, J.D., has nothing to disclose. Leslie Francis, J.D., Ph.D., has nothing to disclose. Mark Gibson, M.D., has nothing to disclose. Robert Rebar, M.D., has nothing to disclose. Rosamond Rhodes, Ph.D., has nothing to disclose. Sean Tipton, M.A., has nothing to disclose. Senait Fisseha, M.D., J.D., has nothing to disclose. Steven Ralston, M.D., has nothing to disclose.
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