Abstract:
:In December 2017, Alain Pottage published an article denying the patentability of a technique called Time-Lapse Monitoring (TLM). His argument was that this procedure, like all other embryo selection procedures, fails to respect human dignity. Here, we argue that this statement is mistaken because assisted reproductive technologies (ART) require a scarce resource, namely a woman's uterus in the right physiological condition. Therefore, embryo selection using TLM is entirely appropriate, as it is not possible to guarantee that all of them will have access to the environment they need to develop. Hence, the use of techniques designed to maximize the number of live births and minimize the suffering of women who undergo failed embryo transfers is a moral obligation.
journal_name
Reprod Biomed Onlinejournal_title
Reproductive biomedicine onlineauthors
Beriain IM,Sanz Bdoi
10.1016/j.rbmo.2018.08.010subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2018-10-01 00:00:00pages
390-392issue
4eissn
1472-6483issn
1472-6491pii
S1472-6483(18)30404-8journal_volume
37pub_type
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