Women’s health garners great sociopolitical attention in the US, engendering comments by politicians, legislative actions, and policymaking by employers and insurers.
Federal regulations governing egg donation fall into two categories: safety testing and truth in advertising. Neither deals directly with informed consent by, for example, specifying what information donors must be given.
To understand the place of reproduction in a woman’s life, we must look beyond conception and pregnancy to the responsibilities of motherhood across the lifespan.
The opportunity to make choices about family planning has outpaced our ability to reach consensus on what constitutes the ethical use of new technology.