OOCYTE CRYOPRESERVATION AND THE RELATED LEGISLATION IN THE CONTEMPORARY WORLD
Keywords:
ART(Assisted Reproductive Technology), Fertility, Medicolegal, Oocyte Cryopreservation, PregnancyAbstract
In the contemporary world, where women are competing with men in all spheres of life, gone are the days when the only purpose in life for a woman was to procreate; today, they want to be successful in their professional life while balancing it with their personal life. Today’s career oriented women tend to postpone pregnancy to a later date which leads to age-related germ cell deterioration, and hence infertility which is where the concept of Oocyte Cryopreservation comes into the picture. Human Oocyte Cryopreservation is a procedure to preserve oocytes which can later be thawed, fertilized, and then, implanted as embryos in the uterus.
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