The Dilemma of Spare Embryos After IVF Success: Social Workers’ Role in Helping Clients Consider Disposition Options

Boys, Stephanie K.; Walsh, Julie

doi:10.18060/21551

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“…Unused embryos are frozen for future use if the cycle is unsuccessful or for a time when more children are desired (Mastenbroek et al, 2011). However, many circumstances can change after embryos are frozen: a couple may divorce, one or both partners may die, or a couple may have completed their desired family size and have no use for the frozen embryos (Boys & Walsh, 2017). An estimated 600,000 embryos are currently being stored in cryopreservation banks in the United States, and this number is certain to climb as the prevalence of IVF continues to grow (Crockin & Debele, 2014;Tucker, 2014; U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), 2017).…”

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IVF and the Anti-Abortion Movement

Boys¹,

Harris²

2020

ASW

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As the anti-abortion movement gains ground in the United States, it is important to explore the potential impact of overturning Roe v. Wade (1973) on the practice of IVF (in vitro fertilization). If the United States Supreme Court abandoned the legal right to early pregnancy terminations, it would open the door for states to enforce laws defining life to begin at conception. In all likelihood, legally establishing life to begin at conception may make IVF far less likely to be successful, significantly more expensive, more likely to result in high risk pregnancies with multiples, and more medically invasive. As the prevalence of IVF grows, this is a practice that should no longer be ignored in the political discourse on abortion. Instead, the unintended consequences of life at conception bills on the cost, availability, safety, and success rates of IVF can provide a strong argument in the toolbox of strategies for social workers lobbying against anti-abortion legislation.

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Section: The Process Of Ivf and Related Ethical Dilemmasmentioning

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IVF and the Anti-Abortion Movement

Boys¹,

Harris²

2020

ASW

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Perspectives on Spare Embryos amongst IVF users: An Exploratory Study from a Selected District of the Southern Indian State of Karnataka

Ansari,

Vaswani

2024

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Perspectives of IVF users on their spare embryos is a less explored subject in the Indian context despite the country’s population and abundance of IVF clinics. We conducted a qualitative study using in-depth interviews in a selected district of the Indian state of Karnataka. Seven individuals were recruited independently of any assistance from an IVF clinic. The interviews explored participants’ knowledge and perception of the spare embryos using a set of guiding questions exploring the theme of the informed consent process, views on research, preferences for embryo donation, the role of family and the dynamics of decision-making, amongst other things. The interviews were qualitatively analysed using Corbin and Strauss’s grounded theory approach. Our findings reveal that the participants do not learn about the prospects of spare embryos from the very start of their IVF journeys, and they may not be informed about the various options available to decide the fate of the spare embryos. Irrespective of their views on research and moral perceptions of embryos, participants expressed a sense of responsibility and ownership towards their embryos and a general reluctance to donate them. Our findings have implications for guiding future inquiries on this subject, which can better the informed consent process and unravel the role of ownership in the ethics of spare embryos in the Indian context.

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The Dilemma of Spare Embryos After IVF Success: Social Workers’ Role in Helping Clients Consider Disposition Options

Cited by 2 publications

References 22 publications

IVF and the Anti-Abortion Movement

IVF and the Anti-Abortion Movement

Perspectives on Spare Embryos amongst IVF users: An Exploratory Study from a Selected District of the Southern Indian State of Karnataka

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