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UK Fertility Experts Warn Against Egg Freezing : 9th Feb 09
Many hailed it as “liberation for women”, but now the UK’s leading fertility experts are about to express serious moral and medical doubts about women freezing their eggs to suit their lifestyles and aspirations. The Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists and the British Fertility Society are finalising a joint statement warning women in their 20s and 30s to think carefully before undergoing such a procedure in order to pursue their careers before trying for a child in their 40s.
Prof Bill Ledger, professor of obstetrics and gynaecology at Sheffield University and a member of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority, called it ethically questionable for women to freeze their eggs purely for what he called “lifestyle reasons”. “We should be very careful about performing medical procedures on healthy people”, he said.
Melanie Davies, a professor of reproductive medicine at University College Hospital in London, endorsed Ledger’s comments: “They [women] may have a perception that it’s a panacea and will guarantee them the opportunity to have a family in later years -- that it’s some sort of miracle technique. It should not be used for women who want to guarantee a family in the future.” The Observer. February 1.
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