Reproductive technology and the life course: current debates and research in social egg freezing

K Baldwin, L Culley, N Hudson, H Mitchell - Human Fertility, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
While there are currently few confirmed births from previously frozen eggs in the UK, the
improved outcomes of new technologies of vitrification and intra-cytoplasmic sperm injection …

[HTML][HTML] Disposition intentions of elective egg freezers toward their surplus frozen oocytes: a systematic review and meta-analysis

LE Caughey, S Lensen, KM White, M Peate - Fertility and Sterility, 2021 - Elsevier
Objective To examine the disposition outcomes and disposition intentions of elective egg
freezers (EEFs) toward their surplus frozen oocytes and the psychosocial determinants …

Understanding social oocyte freezing in Italy: a scoping survey on university female students' awareness and attitudes

P Tozzo, A Fassina, P Nespeca, G Spigarolo… - Life sciences, society …, 2019 - Springer
In Western countries, a social trend toward delaying childbearing has been observed in
women of reproductive age for the last two decades. This delay is due to different factors …

[HTML][HTML] Women's intentions to use fertility preservation to prevent age-related fertility decline

A Ter Keurst, J Boivin, S Gameiro - Reproductive biomedicine online, 2016 - Elsevier
The optimal age to cryopreserve oocytes for later use is before 36 years. Current users are
on average 38 years old. In this cross-sectional study an online survey was constructed …

Social egg freezing under public health perspective: just a medical reality or a women's right? an ethical case analysis

A Borovecki, P Tozzo, N Cerri… - Journal of public …, 2018 - journals.sagepub.com
In recent years, a social trend toward delaying childbearing has been observed in women of
reproductive age. A novel technomedical innovation was commercialized for non-medical …

What women want? A scoping survey on women's knowledge, attitudes and behaviours towards ovarian reserve testing and egg freezing

Y O'Brien, F Martyn, LE Glover, MB Wingfield - European Journal of …, 2017 - Elsevier
Objective We aimed to investigate women's knowledge, attitudes and behaviours towards
ovarian reserve testing and egg freezing for non-medical reasons in the general population …

When elective egg freezers become egg donors: practical and ethical issues

G Pennings - Reproductive BioMedicine Online, 2023 - Elsevier
Many people hope that the unused and unwanted eggs frozen by women for self-use could
be applied to reduce the shortage of donor eggs. However, several practical (additional …

[PDF][PDF] The egg freezing revolution? Gender, technology, and fertility preservation in the twenty-first century

MC Inhorn - Emerging trends in the social and behavioral …, 2017 - marciainhorn.com
Egg freezing is the “newest” new reproductive technology, a form of flash-freezing that
allows human eggs to be successfully stored in egg banks. Touted as a “revolution in the …

Too much equity–is there such a thing? The public discourse surrounding elective egg freezing subsidy in Israel

D Birenbaum-Carmeli - International Journal for Equity in Health, 2023 - Springer
Background The preservation of human ova for future fertilization has been made available
to healthy women in 2011–2012. This treatment, dubbed elective egg freezing (EEF), is …

Current issues in medically assisted reproduction and genetics in Europe: research, clinical practice, ethics, legal issues and policy

JC Harper, J Geraedts, P Borry, MC Cornel… - European Journal of …, 2013 - nature.com
In March 2005, a group of experts from the European Society of Human Genetics and
European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology met to discuss the interface …