Fertility and Sterility
Volume 92, Issue 6 , Pages 1818-1819 , December 2009

American Society for Reproductive Medicine: defining embryo donation

  • The Ethics Committee of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine

Received 14 October 2009 ,Revised 14 October 2009 ,Accepted 14 October 2009.

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  4. Practice Committee of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine. 2006 Guidelines for gamete and embryo donation. Fertil Steril. 2006;86:S46–S48
  5. Ethics Committee of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine. Disposition of abandoned embryos. Fertil Steril. 2004;81:S253
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  7. Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority. Code of practice. London: Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority; 2007;Available at http://cop.hfea.gov.uk/cop/pdf/CodeOfPracticeVR_4.pdfAccessed September 8, 2009
  8. United States Food and Drug Administration. 21 CFR parts 210, 211, 820, 1271. Eligibility determination for donors of human cells, tissues, and cellular and tissue-based products; final rule and notice. Available at: http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=2004_register&docid=fr25my04–11.pdf. Last accessed September 8, 2009.
  9. Black's Law Dictionary. 9th ed. Westlaw, Eagen, MN, 2009.

 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.

 No reprints will be available.

PII: S0015-0282(09)03888-6

doi: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2009.10.026

Fertility and Sterility
Volume 92, Issue 6 , Pages 1818-1819 , December 2009