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Hum. Reprod. Advance Access originally published online on August 21, 2006
Human Reproduction 2006 21(12):3050-3053; doi:10.1093/humrep/del287
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© The Author 2006. 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 11: Posthumous assisted reproduction

ESHRE Task Force on Ethics and Law including, G. Pennings1, G. de Wert, F. Shenfield, J. Cohen, P. Devroey, B. Tarlatzis

1 To whom correspondence should be addressed at: Department of Philosophy and Moral Science, Ghent University, Blandijnberg 2, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium. E-mail: guido.pennings{at}ugent.be

This article analyses the different ethical aspects of posthumous assisted reproduction. Two situations are distinguished: cases in which the gametes or embryos are used by the surviving partner and cases in which the gametes or embryos are made available for third persons. The moral evaluation of the procedure depends on whether the act is restricted to the existing parental project. A major difficulty for the moral evaluation is the inconclusiveness of the empirical data on the psychosocial development of children born after this procedure. The Task Force concluded that posthumous reproduction by a partner is acceptable if the following conditions are met: written consent has been given by the deceased person, the partner received extensive counselling and a minimum waiting period of 1 year is imposed before a treatment can be started. For use by third parties, the usual conditions for gamete and embryo donation apply.

Key words: ethics/gamete cryopreservation/gamete donation/parental project/posthumous assisted reproduction/welfare of the child


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