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ORIGINAL RESEARCH ARTICLES |
An Ethical Approach To The Postmenopausal Pregnancy
Dr. Türkan ÖRNEKa
aSerbest, Kadın Hastalıkları ve Doğum Uzmanı, ANKARA
Recently the use of assisted fertilization techniques in postmenopausal women started to be an other debate issue for the medicine and the popular media in Turkey. The health regulations in Turkey for today inhibits the use of oocyte cryopreservation, oocyte donation, oocyte banks and as a result the postmenopausal pregnancy. But there are commencing works for the legalization of oocyte cryopreservation. This paper will discuss the use of assisted fertilization techniques in postmenopausal women within the social, the medical, the ethical and the legal aspects.Keywords: Assisted reproductive technology, invitro fertilization, postmenopausal pregnancy, oocyte donationTurkiye Klinikleri J Med Ethics 2006, 14:33-38
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