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Hum. Reprod. Advance Access published online on July 8, 2008
Human Reproduction, doi:10.1093/humrep/den184
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© The Author 2008. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology. All rights reserved. For Permissions, please email: journals.permissions@oxfordjournals.org

ESHRE Task Force on Ethics and Law 15: Cross-border reproductive care

G. Pennings1, G. de Wert, F. Shenfield, J. Cohen, B. Tarlatzis and P. Devroey

Bioethics Institute Ghent, Ghent University, Blandijnberg 2, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium

1 Correspondence address. E-mail: guido.pennings{at}ugent.be

This paper analyses the ethical aspects of cross-border reproductive care. Ethical questions are raised by some of the main reasons of cross-border travelling, i.e. law evasion and unequal access to treatment. The phenomenon also generates possible conflicts linked to the responsibility of the professionals. Three points are discussed: the moral obligation of the physician to refer the patient, his/her duty to provide information and counselling and the acceptability of fee-splitting. The recommendations focus on measures to reduce or limit the number of patients that have to travel abroad and on steps to guarantee the safety and quality of the treatment wherever it is provided.

Key words: access/cross-border care/justice/law evasion/reproductive tourism

Submitted on April 8, 2008; resubmitted on April 8, 2008; accepted on April 21, 2008.


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