'It's Just Another Added Benefit': Women's Experiences with Employment-Based Egg Freezing Programs
| Autor: | Benjamin E. Berkman, Christine Grady, S A Miner, W K Miller |
|---|---|
| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
| Předmět: |
Adult
Employment Health (social science) Undue influence Emotions 0603 philosophy ethics and religion 03 medical and health sciences Social Justice Humans Cryopreservation 0303 health sciences Career Choice Reproductive autonomy Salaries and Fringe Benefits Health Policy Reproduction 030305 genetics & heredity Age Factors Fertility Preservation 06 humanities and the arts Philosophy Attitude Women's Health Demographic economics Female 060301 applied ethics Psychology Qualitative research |
| Zdroj: | AJOB empirical bioethics. 12(1) |
| ISSN: | 2329-4523 |
| Popis: | In 2014, companies began covering the costs of egg freezing for their employees. The adoption of this benefit was highly contentious. Some argued that it offered women more reproductive autonomy, buying time to succeed in their careers and postpone childbearing. Others suggested this benefit might place inappropriate pressure on women, unduly influencing them to freeze their eggs to prioritize their career over reproduction. Although ethical problems with this benefit have been explored, there has not been research analyzing the perspectives of women working for companies that offer employer-based egg freezing. Furthermore, existing empirical studies often focus on the experiences of egg freezers rather than the young women thinking about, but not yet using, this technology. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
| Externí odkaz: |
|