The Shadowlands — Secrets, Lies, and Assisted Reproduction
- 24 September 1998
- journal article
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 339 (13) , 935-939
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejm199809243391325
Abstract
Americans love babies and technology, and most Americans applaud the ability of the new assisted-reproduction techniques to help infertile couples have children. But these techniques have also given birth to a wide variety of new legal issues, including questions about the identity of the mother and father of the child, the enforcement of preconception contracts, the elements of informed consent, and the disposition of frozen embryos. After almost 20 years of experience and the growth of infertility clinics into a multibillion-dollar industry, it is time to consider establishing national standards and a federal regulatory scheme. Two recent court cases, one . . .Keywords
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