By Françoise Baylis (Dalhousie University) In 2012, the American Society for Reproductive Medicine (ASRM) lifted the experimental designation on human egg freezing. At this time, it was careful to indicate that freezing technology should not to be used for elective … Continue reading
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If you don’t know what a “gender reveal party” is or why this phenomenon merits critical scrutiny, please direct your attention to this piece by frequent IJFAB Blog-contributor Tim R. Johnston. In fact, even if you are already knowledgeable of … Continue reading
A new piece in Nature raises important points for scientists working in fetal epigenetics to consider when writing up and communicating their work. The authors urge consideration of how the results will be used to target the behavior of pregnant … Continue reading
A little bit of good news on the world stage: The new abortion policy, which was proposed by the minister for women’s rights and has been debated among lawmakers since the beginning of this year, is just one of the … Continue reading
A complication of transnational surrogacy: what happens when the contracting couple/parent(s) decide after birth that they do not want the child? In this case, one of two twins carried by a surrogate was born with Down syndrome. His “healthy” sister … Continue reading
The controllers of pregnant women are at it again. In this case, however, it is not clear whether the controllers are seeking to protect the fetus, the woman, or both. They may even be seeking to protect the hospital against … Continue reading
Nearly 50 percent of women giving birth in Finland and Canada, a full 50 percent in Australia, and 60 percent in the United Kingdom, avail themselves of nitrous for pain relief, and have for generations. But even though it’s cheap … Continue reading
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U.S. states have long had the power to override a pregnant woman’s medical autonomy in specific kinds of instances in order to prevent harm to her fetus. Means for doing so have included court orders to compel C-section or to … Continue reading
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I have written on diminished autonomy for pregnant women before for IJFAB blog in my piece, Not All Objectification Is Sexual: The Return of the Fetal Container. That piece, like Minkoff and Lyerly’s excellent 2010 piece in Hastings Center Report, dealt broadly with the choices which pregnant women are or are not constrained from making during their pregnancy, allegedly by state-imposed duties to their fetuses. There is another aspect of constrained medical autonomy for pregnant women, however, and it has to do with the priorities of some physicians (and patients) with respect to how risk and other concerns are viewed.
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