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| Dear friends at REDLARA: |
In order to encourage a deeper understanding on Bioethics, and promote a debate about diverse Bioethical Issues concerning Assisted Reproduction, we would like to invite you to take part in this FORUM, expressing your ideas, experiences and opinions.
This space, open to ideas exchange, is intended to enlarge our formation in Bioethics, which in turn will contribute to stimulate programs of Bioethics information and knowledge diffusion in our communities: this will help patients and legislators to take better informed decisions in the genuine pursuit of their own well-being, and the better for all.
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| Abandoned embryos |
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The accumulation of left or not claimed embryos is a problem that has called very much the attention of bio-ethicists. Several solutions have appeared: as to donate them to other unfertile couples or for investigation or to discard them.
In Argentine in 1993, a lawyer of surname Rabinovich promoted an action to control the criopreservation of embryos, since according to him in agreement to the Civil Code the embryos are persons and what it is done with them, can be decided neither by the parents, nor by the specialists in fertility.
But, apparently, the lawyers can decide the destiny of the embryos, at least in some countries: In England in August 1st, 1996, in spite of a great discussion, the British clinics were forced to discard 3300 cryopreserved embryos, a great controversy being generated.
If a couple, in your center, was saying that they wish that their embryos should be discarded… how would you proceed? Would you discard them?
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Fernando Zegers Hochschild - 4/21/2007 |
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La pregunta que hace el Foro es: "Si una pareja, en su centro, le dijera que desea que sus embriones sean descartados ¿cómo procedería? ¿los descartaría?"
la respuesta en mi centro es simple. NO. Todas las parejas que han firmado mediante consentimiento escrito que van a criopreservar embriones, en el mismo documento aceptan que los embriones no pueden ser eliminados y que de no ser transferidos en la mujer firmante, los embriones deben ser donados a terceros de manera confidencial y secreta. Esto hace que algunas parejas decidan no criopreservar o decidan inseminar un numero limitado de embriones con objeto de acortar el tiempo de trasferencia y evitar o disminuir el riesgo de verse enfrentados a este dilema.
La red desarrollo hace bastante tiempo un documento llamado "de educacion y concentimiento" cuyo objetivo es preparar a las parejas para consentir o dicentir de manera educada e informada. Independiente de las regulaciones impuestas por acuerdos profesionales o por leyes, lo mas importante es que antes de aspirar el primer foliculo, la pareja haya tenido la oportunidad de educarse y de entender lo que quiere hacer y sus consecuencias.
Esto debe quedar registrado y firmado por ambos miembros y por el medico tratante y debe ser hecho en momentos del proceso en que las personas no estan en situacion fragil como es despues de una anestesia, etc.
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The medical opinions written in this Forum are not official opinions from the
Latin American Network of Assisted Reproduction. The physician himself is
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