fertility treatment – Law Journals

Fertility treatment: Preparing for the worst

Natalie Sutherland looks at posthumous conception and issues of consent and legal parenthood Many of the cases dealing with posthumous conception find loved ones seeking access to the deceased’s gametes where it may not be clear to the court whether creating posthumous children is what the deceased would have wanted. It is tragic when a …

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Embryology: For the greater good?

In the conclusion to a two-part consideration, Seamus Burns highlights the wider issues that arise on an extension of storage periods for gametes and embryos The argument that extending storage periods increases reproductive choices for women is only partially true, as only some women will be able to afford the costly fertility process. The first …

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Embryology: Hidden fertility icebergs?

In the first of a two-part consideration, Seamus Burns asks whether egg, sperm and embryo freezing are encouraging costly and harmful fertility gambling Where a treatment option is not available equally to all individuals, this violates the medical ethics justice principle and is hence iniquitous. It arguably puts too much emphasis and focus on individual …

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Best practice: Developing fertility-friendly workplaces

Helen Burgess looks at why it’s important for employers to support employees having fertility treatment and what actions they can take to help them Going through fertility treatment is a really stressful and difficult time for anyone; anything an employer can do to minimise that is going to help the employee and foster goodwill. Infertility …

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Embryology: Tread carefully

Nicola Wilburn-Shaw considers issues that may arise in relation to fertility treatment where the parties separate or divorce The courts are not prepared to remove an individual’s right to withdraw their consent as to the use of embryos and the process relating to the provision of consent is not infallible. There has been much media …

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