In vitro fertilization (IVF) is emotionally and financially taxing, especially for women of advanced maternal age. As maternal age increases, the risk of chromosomal abnormalities (aneuploidy) in embryos rises, heightening fears of conditions like Trisomy 21, or Down syndrome. Capitalizing on this anxiety, the IVF industry heavily promotes Preimplantation Genetic Testing for Aneuploidy (PGT-A) as […]
Recently, the Florida Supreme Court issued a ruling that a man, Angel Rivera, who provided sperm through an informal DIY at-home insemination for friends, did not automatically relinquish his parental rights. In 2019, same sex couple Ashley Brito and Jennifer Salas wanted to create a baby. IVF is a costly proposition, ranging from $15,000 to $20,000 per […]
It’s an unfortunate reality that in medical contexts, women’s pain continues to be ignored, overlooked, or treated as an acceptable part of what it means to be a woman and to experience menstruation, pregnancy, and childbirth. Medicine has a long, complicated history of dismissing, downplaying, and normalizing women’s pain, one that is inextricably linked to […]
This editorial appears in the January Issue of the American Journal of Bioethics Ariane Lewis et al. have produced a comprehensive and insightful analysis of the tragic case of Adriana Smith, addressing its many medical, ethical, and legal issues, and particularly focusing on the medicolegal controversies arising in managing brain death (death by neurologic criteria) in […]
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