Ethics and regulation of inter-country medically assisted reproduction: a call for action
Autor: | Talia Eldar-Geva, Carmel Shalev, Rhona Schuz, Hedva Eyal, Adi Moreno, Michal Leibel |
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Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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Economic growth medicine.medical_specialty Ethic of care Consensus Reproductive ethics Human Rights Reproductive Techniques Assisted media_common.quotation_subject Global Health Health administration 03 medical and health sciences Egg donation 0302 clinical medicine Medical Tourism Nursing Human rights Humans Medicine Public Health Surveillance 030212 general & internal medicine Israel Child Cross-border reproductive care Health policy Social policy media_common 030219 obstetrics & reproductive medicine business.industry Health Policy Public health Infant Newborn Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Health services research Human Trafficking Infertility Double standard Commentary Human trafficking Medically assisted reproduction Female Surrogacy business |
Zdroj: | Israel Journal of Health Policy Research Shalev, C, Moreno, A, Eyal, H, Leibel, M, Schuz, R & Eldar-Geva, T 2016, ' Ethics and regulation of inter-country medically assisted reproduction : A call for action ', Israel Journal of Health Policy Research, vol. 5, no. 1, 59 . https://doi.org/10.1186/s13584-016-0117-0 |
ISSN: | 2045-4015 |
Popis: | The proliferation of medically assisted reproduction (MAR) for the treatment of infertility has brought benefit to many individuals around the world. But infertility and its treatment continue to be a cause of suffering, and over the past decade, there has been a steady growth in a new global market of inter-country medically assisted reproduction (IMAR) involving 'third-party' individuals acting as surrogate mothers and gamete donors in reproductive collaborations for the benefit of other individuals and couples who wish to have children. At the same time there is evidence of a double standard of care for third-party women involved in IMAR, violations of human rights of children and women, and extreme abuses that are tantamount to reproductive trafficking. This paper is the report of an inter-disciplinary working group of experts who convened in Israel to discuss the complex issues of IMAR. In Israel too IMAR practices have grown rapidly in recent years, mainly because of restrictions on access to domestic surrogacy for same sex couples and a chronically insufficient supply of egg cells for the treatment of couples and singles in need. Drawing upon local expertise, the paper describes documented practices that are harmful, suggests principles of good practice based on an ethic of care, and calls for action at the international, national and professional levels to establish a human rights based system of international governance for IMAR based on three regulatory models: public health monitoring, inter-country adoption, and trafficking in human beings, organs and tissues. |
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