Fertility experts in ethics warning over egg freezing
It has been hailed as "liberation for women", but now the country's leading fertility experts are 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 that women in their 20s and 30s should think carefully before undergoing such a procedure so that they can pursue their careers before trying for a child in their 40s. Professor Bill Ledger, professor of obstetrics and gynaecology at Sheffield University and a member of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority, said it was legitimate for a young woman with cancer to have her eggs frozen before chemotherapy seriously damaged her childbearing potential, but it was ethically questionable for women to do it purely for what he called "lifestyle reasons". "We should be very careful about performing medical...
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